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There's an imprecision in much of this article, particularly -- but not exclusively -- in quotes from administrators whose cluelessness is revealed thereby, the
by rdiddly 8y ago
There's an imprecision in much of this article, particularly -- but not exclusively -- in quotes from administrators whose cluelessness is revealed thereby, the cumulative effect of which I find infuriating. Settle A before you move on to B, people.
Analogy: I place two champagne glasses in a box, close the box, put in earplugs so I can't hear glass breaking, then shake the box violently. Then, without opening the box, I decide champagne sucks forever and throw away the champagne bottle. That's what this feels like.
Example: What does the word "hack" mean? There are at least two overall "families" of connotations it has, one of which is in the name of this site. But if someone told you to hack, that is in no way enough information to carry out any specific action. That's how you know you're dealing with a derived or secondary concept. Too many statements here are being formulated in secondary concepts. Like the closed box of maybe-broken champagne-glass glass. And then those vague concepts are being related vaguely to other vague secondary concepts, and decisions made about those concepts based on that. Like throwing away the champagne bottle. What a clusterfuck. Idiocracy is here.
And it's quite possible this girl is innocent but Jesus H. Christ don't post your password on the WALL! Unless maybe you can satisfy yourself that you have sole control of the room!
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoDoes it really matter whether or not we call it "hacking"? Let's call it "unauthorized access" instead. Whoever actually broke into this account was behaving maliciously, regardless of how easy it was (or wasn't) to do.
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- cgoecknerwald 8y agoI'm not sure I understand the relevance of the analogy, can you explain?