---
id: 2387
title: "It’s time to take ownership of our image"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/06/23/its-time-to-take-ownership-of-our-image/"
published_at: "2016-06-23T11:50:59Z"
tags: ["security-culture", "security-industry", "community", "diversity", "culture", "meta", "opinion", "media", "hacker-culture", "defcon", "trail-of-bits", "stock-photos", "media-perception", "stock-photography", "media-representation", "public-perception", "stock-media", "branding"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2387"
lang: en
---

# It’s time to take ownership of our image

## Summary

Dan Guido argues stock photos of hackers distort public perception of security professionals, and launches a 'Hacker Anthology' project of realistic stock footage and photos of actual practitioners.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2016-06-23T11:50:59Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/06/23/its-time-to-take-ownership-of-our-image/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2387