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Kevin Mitnick's Testimony Before the Senate
- losethos 15y agoI don't understand why people want to be reverse engineers. Being a reverse engineer is humiliating. You are not doing work, you are undoing work. You might as well be dumping trashcans in the street. There are legitimate places of employment, but that's because capitalism has flaws. I define "hacking" to mean working without documentation. If you are legit, you have documentation. A "hack" is synanimous with "nigger rigger". God says... C:\TEXT\BIBLE.TXT n of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 2:6 I went dow
- wyclif 15y agoWhat is the date of this testimony? 2000?
- wnight 15y agoThe deleted user (and good riddance indeed) brings up an interesting point. They ask why someone would be a reverse engineer, likening any sort of using a product/etc without authorization and a manual to hacking, and condemned someone who'd do either as the worst that capitalism has to offer and a common vandal. I see it the other way. Proprietary software, especially where much of the code is intentionally user-hostile (DRM, etc), is the enemy. There's absolutely nothing ignoble about a forensic investigator or librarian, roles which encompass much of what I see as reverse engineering. Also, it's fun and educational. Taking things apart is how we learn.