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Kevin Mitnick destroyed any faith I had in what being a hacker was about.
by platz 6y ago
Kevin Mitnick destroyed any faith I had in what being a hacker was about.
- aortega 6y agoHe's a corporate man now, but in his youth he was legit.
- platz 6y agoI felt his story was spun in a way that accredited far more moral weight than I learned was actually warranted
- wbsun 6y agoI have given up educating people I met in daily life who misunderstand "hacker" and "cracker", but now I feel sad even on HN and with ESR's article [1] that people here still misunderstand these two. Hope most HN readers are not coming here looking for new system breaches or vulnerabilities. [1]: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is