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Our government used to hire the brilliant minds who taught us about our security flaws. See here for RTM: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/08/us/living-with-the-c
by ALee 14y ago
Our government used to hire the brilliant minds who taught us about our security flaws. See here for RTM: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/08/us/living-with-the-computer-whiz-kids.html http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/08/us/living-with-the-compute...
Even Sean Parker of Napster, Facebook, and now Spotify glory was offered a job when he was younger. Somehow something changed in the past 10 years.
- _delirium 14y agoAnd imagine the world if Jobs and Wozniak had been hounded by federal prosecutors...
- sks 14y agoI read an article today which pointed out how Feynman went around cracking safes during the Manhattan Project. Something fundamental has changed in the society ... Imagine the present if people like Jobs/Woz would have been locked up for phone phreaking.
- hkmurakami 14y agoIf you're interested in reading more about it, his shenanigans are told in further detail in "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y http://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Char...
- antoncohen 14y agoThe Secret Service did hire Albert Gonzalez, the guy Jonathan James was accused of conspiring with. The story, including Jonathan James' involvement is well told by the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/magazine/14Hacker-t.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/magazine/14Hacker-t.html?p...