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gcr on Oct 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: SQRL - Replacement for usernames and passwords

How is the quote about his history? It provides none of the following:

- Examples of Gibson's previous ideas that have been proven fake

- Examples of Gibson's previous projects that have security flaws

- Examples of projects that Gibson is purported to "peddle" through his "snake oil salesmanship"

- A quotable, referrable, expert opinion of Gibson's standing, or lack thereof, in the broader security community

The post includes none of those things. It is no better than saying "$NAME is a bad person!"; it merely uses more words to say so.

note that i am not affiliated with grc; my name is permuted :)

anateus on Oct 3, 2013 [–]

OK, mild correction, the quote itself doesn't really contain those, but the link from which it was taken does.

Attrition is itself the "expert opinion" of Gibson's standing, here's their Wikipedia page for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition.org

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