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So sad to hear about your health issues Jeremy. Wishing you the best during this time.

I _do_ hope you reconsider on barring your speaking engagements however. Bad gigs will happen. But you are stronger than that. =)

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Or Jeremy could just not present at conferences that have a CoC.

I've stopped contributing to projects that enforce a CoC, these days I just write exploits for them.

Out of interest what do you do with exploits for projects you don’t want to contribute to? I assume you’re not reporting them or fixing them because that’s contributing. Do you sell them or something?

I'm reporting them.

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No, I let them know.

I apologize, I misinterpreted the wording to understand it as a purely spiteful malicious act.

Its pretty common for people to assume that exploit writing is a negative thing. It does sound particularly nasty. No harm is done.

Finding and reporting security flaws means I don't have to worry about offending people because its purely code. There is no debate if an exploit works when its working right in front of you. Either it gets fixed or it doesn't.

I have below average interpersonal skills, I have been told that I offend people without trying, this was never my intent. This is a method where I can focus on the purely technical and not have to worry about the 'Conduct' side of the problem.

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