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> To youths with curious mindsets, an anti-authoritarian streak, and seemingly limitless amounts of free time, little restrictions like these only improved our

> To youths with curious mindsets, an anti-authoritarian streak, and seemingly limitless amounts of free time, little restrictions like these only improved our skills. Systems with challenging but imperfect security are a great way to foster new young talent. I miss the days when the stakes for testing boundaries and experimenting were lower.

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tonyedgecombe 6y ago
Yes, I have a feeling I would be dismissed now for some of the things I've done in the past.
Tepix 6y ago
I setup a MAC based internet filter at home, secretly hoping my kids will figure out how to bypass it.
- withinboredom 6y ago
  Most OSs don’t let you change a WiFi’s MAC address these days. Sometimes even the hardware doesn’t support it.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    I believe iOS rotates it periodically.
  - Tepix 6y ago
    Really? I think you can change your MAC in Windows 10, macOS and Linux. What OSs do you have in mind?
- reasonabl_human 6y ago
  Love it. Could be fun to toss up a WEP ‘secured’ SSID in an untrusted DMZ VLAN that has doesn’t have filtering. Figuring out how to use the aircrack suite on an ancient thinkpad to bust an SSID was what really got me interested in computers as a kid.