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"A collection of awesome lists for hackers, pentesters & security researchers." They are not using "hacker" in the "Hacker News" sense of the word, they are us
by dfcmt 7y ago
"A collection of awesome lists for hackers, pentesters & security researchers."
They are not using "hacker" in the "Hacker News" sense of the word, they are using meaning breaking into some system. So no "oh brother" moment here.
- stordoff 7y agoSo? Trying to break into a system can be the only way to know it's reasonably secure. This is like saying locksmiths are bad. Preventing this makes systems _less_ secure, defeating the point of trying to ensure privacy. It doesn't even appear to be an official GitHub page (Hack with GitHub - location: Bangalore, India, email: hackwithgithub@gmail.com). Just because someone creates an "X-with-Github" repository, it doesn't GitHub are actively encouraging X.
- buzzerbetrayed 7y agoIt’s a repository to help people learn computer security. Of course this is an “oh brother” moment.