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Note: the term "script kiddie" has been around for much longer than I've been alive...
by jedimastert 1y ago
Note: the term "script kiddie" has been around for much longer than I've been alive...
- gverrilla 1y agoWasn't there a different term for script kiddies inside the hacker communities? I believe so but my memory fails me. It started with "l" if I'm not mistaken. (talking about 20y ago)
- huseyinkeles 1y agoI believe you are referring to “lamer” (as opposed to hacker)
- nurettin 1y agoI remember seeing the term online right after The Matrix was released. It was a bit perplexing, because an inexperienced person who is able use hacking tools successfully without knowing how they work is pretty much half way there. Just fire up Ethereal (now Wireshark) or a decompiler and see how it works. I guess the insult was meant to push people to learn more and be proactive instead of begging on IRC.
- jedimastert 1y ago> I guess the insult was meant to push people to learn more and be proactive instead of begging on IRC. From what I can tell, there's a massive cultural bias towards "filtering" to ensure only the "worthy" or whatever get into the in-group, so yeah I think this is a charitable but not inaccurate to think about it