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It's interesting to me that "pwn" has entered the respectable lexicon. If I were to talk about "haxxors" or "warez" I don't think I would be taken very seriousl
by black-tea 8y ago
It's interesting to me that "pwn" has entered the respectable lexicon. If I were to talk about "haxxors" or "warez" I don't think I would be taken very seriously on here. I guess it's because "pwn" occupies a meaning not fully encompassed by any other word. There is "root" which is itself a slang term but it's too specific, I suppose, and "compromised" is just too long,
- macintux 8y agoI can say "pwn" is not something I would ever write in a serious document, but I'm also an old fart.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y agoIt depends on the age... usually for the board, we use 'compromised', because every one of those guys is scared of compromising pictures coming out (snorting milk powder off a friend's breasts for example)
- stochastic_monk 8y agoI imagine that most lingo dialects have a subset of terms which export more easily. A concise hacker community-originating term for compromise seems like a prime candidate.