Post #731585 · Elektrine

2026-03-22 22:15 UTC

FYI: if you use the handle on your #rsac badge or unusual nickname expect to have to get your badge reprinted and wait in the super long and slow line. They’re verifying that badge names exactly match government ID. Worse than TSA. (I was still able to get her to put “Space Rogue” on it, but she didn’t want to.) #rsac2026

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@mattgriffin@masto.ai 2026-03-22 22:30

@spacerog I would not know you by any other name, wtf?

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@itgrrl@infosec.exchange 2026-03-22 23:08

@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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@florian@bsd.network 2026-03-23 05:05

@spacerog and here I thought "Space Rogue" was good enough for the US Senate... :flan_ooh:

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@cynicalsecurity@bsd.network 2026-03-23 08:12

@spacerog one wonders where those records end … and who wants to make sure "they match"…

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