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Why doesn't the hacker community lionize this guy as much as they do Snowden?
by psbp 12y ago
Why doesn't the hacker community lionize this guy as much as they do Snowden?
- jessaustin 12y agoSome possibilities: - He's an executive, not a hacker. - It's easy to believe a CEO is guilty of insider trading, because all CEOs are guilty of insider trading. (Few people take the next step to wonder why insider trading is a crime at all.) - He's actually in prison, which makes him less sympathetic. - He's a Bellhead, which makes him less sympathetic to me. (I've worked at multiple descendants of Ma Bell, so my prejudice was earned.) - The biggest thing, I think, is most of us imagine that if we just behave in socially-accepted ways, that's enough to keep us out of trouble. It's uncomfortable to consider the possibility that isn't true.