2026-03-22 23:08 UTC
@spacerog that’s such a bullshit & people-hostile policy 😠😡🤬 I’d say I expect people running a ̶s̶e̶c̶u̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶ vendor conference to do better but, well, 😩
and as well as being actively hostile to trans, nonbinary, & gender-nonconforming folks, it will almost certainly break their own registration system if pursued with purity^ (patio11 has entered the chat, etc.)
^ for those playing along at home, see Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ and the Falsehoods programmers believe in #AwesomeList https://github.com/kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood
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@spacerog@mastodon.social 2026-03-22 23:37
@itgrrl not to defend #rsac, they do have a massive counterfeit badge problem, and have received credible physical threats in the past, so I totally get verifying registration name with ID, but agree that the name printed on the badge should not matter at all. Forcing printed name to match gov ID name does way more harm than good. #rsac2026