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> The other person I have similar feelings for is Geohot. I don't know about that... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25679907 https://news.ycombinator.com

• comboy 5y ago
  You gave denysvitali some serious cognitive dissonance.
  • denysvitali 5y ago
    Indeed. Lol The only difference between the twos is that Geohot does a lot of thing for the fame (or at least it seems so), and marcan does that only for fun. I'm okay with both tbh, if you are at this level you deserve some fame
• yannoninator 5y ago
  > But it is no surprise that George Hotz, working alone as team tomcr00se, would rise to the top of the CTF. So then this has to be fake then, obviously. Apparently George Hotz (geohot/tomcr00se) won a few CTFs single handedly [0][1]. I'm sure that marcan is also genius as well, unfortunately though Hotz is somehow still able to stay relevant, continuously. [0] https://www.koscom.co.kr/eng/bbs/B0000043/view.do?nttId=10404&searchCnd=&searchWrd=&gubun=&delcode=0&searchBgnDe=&searchEndDe=&useAt=&replyAt=&menuNo=300027 https://www.koscom.co.kr/eng/bbs/B0000043/view.do?nttId=1040... [1] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nyu-poly-cyber-security-awareness-week-announces-winners-of-worlds-biggest-student-contests-232353621.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nyu-poly-cyber-secu...
• throwkeep 5y ago
  Yes, he's a great self promoter and a genius level engineer. You can watch his livestreams to see both for yourself.
• jonny_eh 5y ago
  Hearing an S-Tier hacker call a fellow S-Tier hacker B-Tier is certainly entertaining, but from my lowly perspective they're still far more capable than 99% of devs I'll ever encounter.