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> I sometimes keep track of hackers and learn of vulnerable websites and infrastructures You're on a website called "Hacker News", for starters. Am I the only
by srl 15y ago
> I sometimes keep track of hackers and learn of vulnerable websites and infrastructures
You're on a website called "Hacker News", for starters. Am I the only one who's had to deal with related idiocy when on a public computer? (Also, using PuTTY with the default black screen can get you kicked out of places for "hacking".)
- pmiller2 15y ago>(Also, using PuTTY with the default black screen can get you kicked out of places for "hacking".) Has this happened to you or anyone you know?
- rohansingh 15y agoA long time ago, in a public school, the librarian reported me for using a "hacking program" called "FTP".
- srl 15y agoIt's happened to me as stated. Back in public school, I had a friend who got banned from using the computers for several months for VNC'ing into his home computer. Because it was "hacking" - no other rationale, no complicating factors. To use the car analogy: it's like getting arrested for using a remote to unlock your car instead of a physical key. (Or, more accurately, like getting your license taken away for several months. Which may make even less sense.)
- noonespecial 15y agoMe. I actually have an apple script to turn all of my terminal sessions black on white for public spaces because it looks more "friendly(1)" that way. A bunch of terminals tailing logs in color looks like hacker scenes in movies to the uninitiated. People have asked me, most impolitely, what the hell I was doing. 1) Like Microsoft Word.