>somehow even among people who describe themselves as "hackers", most just want to run Android or iOS and buy/run closed-source apps, and are more interested in

>somehow even among people who describe themselves as "hackers", most just want to run Android or iOS and buy/run closed-source apps, and are more interested in Javascript and employment [read: eating, having shelter] than reverse-engineering and doing things that have never been done before. How many opportunities are there to work on secure communications software full time and still put food on the table?