The general theme of the thread seems to be security industry people, like tptacek (or commenters self-identifying as being in the industry), expressing concern with the researcher&#x27;s actions (while still admitting Facebook didn&#x27;t handle it well). The primarily negative comments don&#x27;t seem to have a specific affiliation tied to them. And given HN&#x27;s demographic, odds are much more of them are developers than are infosec people.<p>I don&#x27;t think the person you were replying to was suggesting that any infosec people who fully support the researcher aren&#x27;t <i>real</i> infosec workers. I just don&#x27;t think he saw any who even claimed to be.