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tptacek is exactly right. Not to put words in his mouth, but "nothing more than" is your characterization of what he said as opposed to what he actually said.
by amuntner 13y ago
tptacek is exactly right. Not to put words in his mouth, but "nothing more than" is your characterization of what he said as opposed to what he actually said.
The history tptacek is describing goes back to the 1980s: use your favorite search engine to look for the name "Richard Sanzda" for a poignant example.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoDo you understand why it's not valid to pick a single anecdote that aligns with your narrative and use it to draw conclusions about a large group of individuals? I'm not mischaracterizing tptacek's comment. Nor am I suggesting that there were no bad actors. tptacek said: "The "hackers" FD's moderator is talking about are the ones I'm talking about.", those being "teenagers breaking into phone switches and harassing people, buying Pantera CDs on stolen credit cards, stealing ESNs from other people's phones to make calls on someone else's bill, and rm'ing Unix boxes". Obviously, this is not who the FD moderator was talking about, making tptacek's comment unfair.