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I was in a similar position once, many years ago, in the early days of the web. I had managed to get parts of the source code to a popular online game (no real
by chaosmachine 16y ago
I was in a similar position once, many years ago, in the early days of the web. I had managed to get parts of the source code to a popular online game (no real hacking here, they left a tarball in an open directory I stumbled upon), and being a foolish young kid, I decided to brag about my insider knowledge of unfinished features on a website. A few weeks later, the company contacted me with a job offer... they just needed my name and address to start sending me checks. Fortunately, I wasn't that dumb.
- jrockway 16y agoNice. I guess whoever lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is getting a few extra bucks a month now.
- shadowpwner 16y agoOut of all the ways they could have caught you, a job offer? That's hilarious.
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- yalurker 16y agoAs a counter anecdote, there is a CS lecturer at my alma mater who actually did get a job directly due to taking code (a physics simulator I believe) from some company's server. He was careful to end the story by reminding students that things have changed a bit since his youth, and what he did would be multiple felonies now.