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The nature of life is as you age others are born. While your soul may have been crushed by the years, new smart but foolish ones have arisen to hack what you le
by fnordpiglet 3y ago
The nature of life is as you age others are born. While your soul may have been crushed by the years, new smart but foolish ones have arisen to hack what you leave unhacked.
- tamimio 3y agoSounds pretty much accurate.
- krater23 3y agoShow me the young people that know how to work with IDA or Ghidra. The way to use tools like this without ever written assembly is way harder than the way we had 10 years ago. They found other things to hack, things where we don't know anything about.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoIt might seem that way but a few observations. The number of people in total hacking away is much much larger now. So the absolute numbers are probably similar or more, while in relative terms you’re probably right. But my observation with a young hacker in the house is there’s a lot of appreciation for how the machine really works amongst many kids. The high level glossy stuff doesn’t appeal as much as ripping the cover off and poking memory locations. I think this shows up in the amazing prevalence of electronics hacking these days, low power computing, etc. This is the best time to be a hacker, the tools at all levels are amazing. But real nerds like you and I are just as rare as ever, and can’t resist ripping the lids off.
- rasz 3y agoThere has never been a time in history of this planet with more people possessing those capabilities.
- david_allison 3y agohttps://discord.gg/hKx3FJJgrV https://discord.gg/hKx3FJJgrV
- HeWhoLurksLate 3y agoI used Ghidra while I was in school to crack a copy of a CAD program- took forever but was totally worth it
- nikanj 3y agoThe team that won Disobey’s CTF this year was very young. I don’t have a perfect eye for age, but I’d say the average age for the large group was around 20-25
- ArcticLandfall 3y agohttps://picoctf.org/competitions/past.html https://picoctf.org/competitions/past.html
- sangnoir 3y agoUnfortunately, too many of the young ones live in Apple's "What is a computer?" world. It's hard to become curious about the boot process when POST screens have been replaced by glossy progress bars and everything is locked down.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoThose young ones in a prior generation would be kicking sand in the nerds face. Not every human will be a nerd, only a tiny fraction will have the true calling. But once called, they can’t help but rip back the veil and hack.
- rgarrett88 3y agoI think AI will make every complicated process much more accessible as you can interact with a, rounds to free, teacher that can explain each piece in the appropriate level of detail for your skill level.
- hoseja 3y agoSurely you cannot be this naïve? That "teacher" will not have your best interests at heart and all communication is closely monitored.