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I actually think this kid has a bright future. My prediction: 1 year jail time, 5-10years probation. Will get hired as a security consultant.
by cellis 6y ago
I actually think this kid has a bright future. My prediction: 1 year jail time, 5-10years probation. Will get hired as a security consultant.
- Romanulus 6y agoUnless he's ordered to stay away from computers for that time.
- dlhavema 6y agoAnd then he'll join up with Acid Burn to take down some skateboarding CEO...
- fortran77 6y agoI wouldn't hire him. It's not like he _programmed_ his way in. And he didn't just post tweets saying "Twitter's security is bad." He actively tried to scam people. So he wasn't trying to accomplish anything good.
- almost_usual 6y agoProgramming is a waste of time if you don’t need a program.
- Biganon 6y agoTrue, but what tech company would benefit from the social engineering skills of a young man with dubious morality? If at least he had proven to be the new Mitnick, but he hasn't.
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- pengaru 6y agoIt may make sense if you consider it more as a marketing hire. Such a person at least has potential for future interviews and talks one could leverage for increasing company visibility.
- claydavisss 6y agoOr government work, he's already passed the entrance exam for the CIA!
- ashleyn 6y agoHe's being charged with 30 felonies but at the same time exposed how woefully inadequate Twitter is at securing the accounts of high-profile people, some of which with control of apocalyptic weapons. I predict he'll plea out to doing a few years of free work for the government.
- trollied 6y agoYou might like the Darknet Diaries podcast (if you don't already subscribe). Often interviews reformed "hackers" who have turned their lives around.