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Yes they do, the cracking scene ethos is all about technical one-upmanship and the thrill and glory of beating copy protection. Or at least it used to be. The r
by antihero 10y ago
Yes they do, the cracking scene ethos is all about technical one-upmanship and the thrill and glory of beating copy protection. Or at least it used to be. The really smart ones do it for their own enjoyment or ideological reasons.
- pjmlp 10y agoNot really, back in the MS-DOS, Atari, Amiga, Acorn, Mac OS days you surely need to first scan every single floppy before putting on the computer. The cracking scene was equally full of virus. Only in the very early days, during the genesis of the demoscene, it was as you describe.
- emodendroket 10y agoAs I recall the early virus guys were more like vandals who wanted to cause problems for the thrill of it than guys operating international rackets like they are now. When was the last time you heard of a virus that just formatted your hard drive or whatever?
- pjmlp 10y agoNowadays they encrypt it instead.
- emodendroket 10y agoYeah, and then they ask for a ransom. Not really the same as destroying stuff just for the thrill.