Idiotic / Low Quality Discussions on Sophisticated Security Websites

Is it only me, who noticed most of the comments and discussions on well-known security project websites came in low quality or made by a bunch of idiots? Examples: Tor Blog, Bruce Schneier's blog, etc. >RSA has backdoor! >muf quantum computing >your random number is not random >Tor is a U.S. honeypot! Don't use Tor!!!!! >Cyberoam developers are bloody butchers, dox them! (50x times) Reappearing again and again, all the time. Bugzilla(s) are the worst, e.g. see Tor's bugzilla, it is awful, full of trolls and spammers. I felt here is a much better place honestly... This thread is intended for an discussion in a social perspective. Why? I guess those who has an idea about security goes to other places (forums, mailing list or imageboard) to post, rather than posting on the homepage of these security projects...

I went to a security conference hosted by one of the cops tasked with tracking down the lorax. The lorax used tor which made it much more difficult for the cops. He wasn't consistent with using it though. I have no idea how well tor would stand up to the likes of the NSA but it made it harder for the cops. I guess people are just suspicious due to the nature of the matter. So they make accusations without knowing

>>2112 I think this is just a problem with web 2.0 in general. The people who actually know what they are talking about and have deep insights are too busy actually doing something meaningful with their time. Conversely, the more time people spend spilling soykaf on blog comments the less time they have to actually learn things and gain first hand experience.

Pro tip: 4chan's /g/ is not a security project website.

>>2114 Another Web 2.0 Effect: We used to be able to see a group of gurus reporting everything on the Internet. Now it looks like the people who know what they are doing now spent most of their time on their Twitter. The report and debate style of discussions in an essay format has long gone from the Internet, My nostalgia for Usenet and mailing lists became worse everyday... probably going to start a thread at /hum/. The golden day of rec.arts.anime.misc, it's an age when otakus translate and encode their own fansubs on an Amiga box with a TV set, VHS and programs downloaded from FTP. Though I hadn't born at that time. Nowadays If you're a weaboo but don't support #AnimeRight# or 1488 you are basically a heretic... >>2117 >Pro tip: 4chan's /g/ Thus I used the phrase "bunch of idiots", not "bunch of trolls" or "bunch of anons".

I honestly think it's a disinformation campaign. Especially all the people who completely misunderstand tor.