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Can help it but i find the article kind of creepy. Is he hacking her cause of romantic interests? Is he hacking her for the thrill? Is he hacking her to be a

• Raphmedia 9y ago
  "I’m [...] with my friend Diana. [...] I ask her if it would be okay for me to try and hack all her stuff. She’s instantly visibly excited. I explain how this could result in me seeing everything she’s ever put on a computer ever. She tells me she thinks this is going to be “so good”. "
  • callesgg 9y ago
    "I ask her if it would be okay for me to try and hack all her stuff." Why would he ask that? It is strange. It is also strange how he tries to trivialize what he is doing. From his perspective it is trivial, but for some people it will not be trivial, why would he write an article about something that he believes is generically trivial. Another alternative is that he does not understand that it might not be trivial to some people. I did read the article... just quoting is probably not going to answer my question.
    • Raphmedia 9y ago
      > Why would he ask that? It is strange. To make a blog post about it. His blog title is The hacker known as "Alex" and his previous articles are similar to this one. See a discussion about one of his previous articles https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11130688 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11130688
• Sleeep 9y ago
  Same reason lock picking is a hobby, because people enjoy solving "puzzles." The author got permissions of the target.
• sauronlord 9y ago
  This. My thoughts exactly. Why is he putting so much effort into a women under the guise of "internet security". Straight up awkward creep.