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Cyberpunk, being broke and writing a virus to steal access passwords -- and then he ends up running a phone repair stall, even more cyberpunk. Reminds me of rt
by PostOnce 6y ago
Cyberpunk, being broke and writing a virus to steal access passwords -- and then he ends up running a phone repair stall, even more cyberpunk.
Reminds me of rtm's chapter in the book CYBERPUNK by Katie Hafner, pg's in there too. Except neither of them are now broke and running a phone stall in Manila.
- quickthrowman 6y agortm’s worm is mentioned in ‘The Cuckoo’s Egg’ by Cliff Stoll as well. While Cliff was working with rtm’s dad, cryptographer Robert H. Morris, to solve his hacker case, rtm released the worm. His dad was Chief Scientist of the NSA National Computer Security Center at the time :)
- Yajirobe 6y agoHow the heck can someone talented enough to write a virus end up in a phone repair shop?
- momofarm 6y agoMaybe judge rule him shall not touch computer for life(and for everybody's good?)
- dzhiurgis 6y agoPhone repair shop in Manilla is gonna be very different from repair shop in western mall. In manilla they gonna resolder any component from a salvaged phone, where in west you gonna buy a new case for it (probably exaggeration from both ends). My point is - it was quite exciting and interesting job for early 2000s, probably paid ok too. There was some software to crack and occasionally write something. Nowadays the hardware is much cheaper when adjusted for inflation, but people still need the service. Jailbreak scene continues to exist too. Also transitioning from writing a simple virus into production software is a long long way.