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I understand that now, but when I was 14 in 1996 it seemed like I was reading about some forbidden secret magic. Now it just feels like a different career path

I understand that now, but when I was 14 in 1996 it seemed like I was reading about some forbidden secret magic. Now it just feels like a different career path. I'm sure a good part of that change is me getting older, and knowing more. Though I think that the rising level of professionalism in computer security has robbed it of it's mystique. I think this is a good thing overall, but nostalgia and what not.

georgemcbay 8y ago
> I think that the rising level of professionalism in computer security has robbed it of it's mystique It has, though basically every one of the now-respectable-looking professional security outfits you could point to has one or more of these late 80s early 90s "mystique era" hackers working for it (and I can probably tell you what their old bbs handle and/or irc nick was).
tptacek 8y ago
That's a good thing; our field could use a lot more computer science and a lot less mystique.