The Internet Gods, 2018:
Security! Security! SSL everywhere! Mandatory two-factor authentication! Full-device encryption! Hardware on-chip secure enclaves!
The Internet Gods, also 2018:
let's just give Jeff Bezos all our private RAM, and the official Node.js installer is literally curl | sudo bash
@natecull those are different gods. Infosec/eff/fsf vs javascript devs/startups
@alienghic
I think this is a key argument. The Internet Gods come from a complicated polytheistic soup much unlike the one of ancient Greece or Rome.
Factions exist with very strong differences and even though everyone from the outside views it as "just tech", in fact infosec, webdev, backend, devops, fintech, gamedev, etc. are all distinc even though sometimes overlapping factions pushing for optimizing sometime diametrically opposite aspects of tech.
@natecull
@ewoozi trust me, we have plenty of tricksters and advocates for the devils lurking at the boundaries of infosec and madness.