Regarding character assassination and those links: walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...
Some people has a feud with Gibson 20 years ago for what looks like the old days of feuds in Internet Security where you either a "good" hacker hacking stuff for fun or you were a bad sellout earning money with security products.
If this sounds ridiculous check "project mayhem hackers" on Google, it was peak juvenile rebellion.
I have checked once those links and it all looked like just people ranting about misunderstandings and different opinions but taking the side that they had the perfect understanding and the perfect opinions... an immature approach I would say.
Some people has a feud with Gibson 20 years ago for what looks like the old days of feuds in Internet Security where you either a "good" hacker hacking stuff for fun or you were a bad sellout earning money with security products.
If this sounds ridiculous check "project mayhem hackers" on Google, it was peak juvenile rebellion.
I have checked once those links and it all looked like just people ranting about misunderstandings and different opinions but taking the side that they had the perfect understanding and the perfect opinions... an immature approach I would say.