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The english coverage about him usually ignores the 90s. German Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Werdegang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Do

by Argorak 12y ago

The english coverage about him usually ignores the 90s. German Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Werdegang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Werdegang https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKim_Dotcom%23Werdegang&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&prev... Some parts translated: In the nineties, he operated Mailboxes and Partylines and was known for logging and reading all traffic to gain knowledge about current weaknesses of software. During a house search "hundreds of faked credit- and phonecards" were found. He later cooperated and gave a lot of the info he gathered to the police. He worked closely with Günther von Grevenreuth, a very well known - but not highly regarded - attorney in german hacker circles. Now, I appreciate that this is a rather sketchy description for a decade, but don't ask people from that time about Dotcom and expect to hear praises. He's neither well-liked, nor to be relied on or trusted.

akshatpradhan 12y ago
But Kim admitted his mistakes: Dotcom also wrote: "I made mistakes when I was young and I paid the price. Steve Jobs was a hacker and Martha Stuart [sic] is doing well after her insider trading case. I think over a decade after all of this happened it should NOT be the dominating topic. I am 37 years old now, I am married, I have three adorable children with two more on the way (twin girls – yeah) and I know that I am not a bad person. I have grown and I have learned."
- Argorak 12y ago
  Many of the above mentioned individuals run large foundations on the side, doing good. Many of them are married and have children. Some acknowledged bad behavior in the past. You'll meet a lot of persons that don't give something about that excuse, as the damage is done. That statement looks like he tries to get away like school bullies do, just that he didn't bully at school, but at a later stage. What did he do to make those words ring true? (except getting kids and saying he's wiser?)

by Argorak 12y ago

akshatpradhan 12y ago

But Kim admitted his mistakes: Dotcom also wrote: "I made mistakes when I was young and I paid the price. Steve Jobs was a hacker and Martha Stuart [sic] is doing well after her insider trading case. I think over a decade after all of this happened it should NOT be the dominating topic. I am 37 years old now, I am married, I have three adorable children with two more on the way (twin girls – yeah) and I know that I am not a bad person. I have grown and I have learned."

Argorak 12y ago
Many of the above mentioned individuals run large foundations on the side, doing good. Many of them are married and have children. Some acknowledged bad behavior in the past. You'll meet a lot of persons that don't give something about that excuse, as the damage is done. That statement looks like he tries to get away like school bullies do, just that he didn't bully at school, but at a later stage. What did he do to make those words ring true? (except getting kids and saying he's wiser?)