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They were definitely interesting times. Ripe for a documentary on all of the ridiculousness. To a large extent, it never really ended.
by ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
They were definitely interesting times. Ripe for a documentary on all of the ridiculousness.
To a large extent, it never really ended.
- njharman 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown
- ObsoleteNerd 7y agoGreat book, but I was more thinking along the lines of all the absolutely insane nightly news clips and TV stuff talking about how hackers can basically destroy the world if they’re even allowed to touch a computer etc. The media were absolutely rabid through most of the 80s and early 90s. I distinctly remember them acting like hackers were worse than terrorists, worse than anything humanity had ever had to deal with. Looking back, it’s almost funny, except many lives were ruined and hackers raided and/or imprisoned because of media hype and fear.
- ethbro 7y agoShow Hackers to kids these days, then tell them essentially all the law enforcement stuff was true. (To say nothing of the unrelated Hackers 2)
- VRay 7y agoSome of the exploits that've come to light in the last decade are pretty mind-blowing too If you sent a security expert from today back in time to the 90s, they could basically pull the same ridiculous shenanigans that the characters did in that movie