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> If you want to hack, you should deal with the consequences. w0rmer got caught because he forgot to strip exif data from the bottom of one of his leaks. He ha

> If you want to hack, you should deal with the consequences. w0rmer got caught because he forgot to strip exif data from the bottom of one of his leaks. He had his girlfriend take her tits out with a sign saying, "You got pwned by w0rmer" and that was that. I couldn't disagree more that he deserves to be punished. He doxxed some police officers because of police brutality. Stop fearing 'hacking', and start realizing it's one of the few things where citizens are on equal grounding with our government. He didn't cause any damage, besides making some police officers feel uncomfortable... Yet probably not as uncomfortable as their victims. Each and every one of these idiot hackers willing to risk their livelihood and families for a little civil disobedience should be celebrated for the martyrs they are.

lfowles 12y ago
> Each and every one of these idiot hackers willing to risk their livelihood and families for a little civil disobedience should be celebrated for the martyrs they are. Reading TFA, it seems he's now unwilling to risk his livelihood and family now that he knows the consequences.
- nickysielicki 12y ago
  Well duh... he's on constant monitoring by the FBI and he can't use the internet, how do you expect him to continue? He _did_ risk his family and livelihood, and he was without them for a time. Now he's not. I see no shame in that.
  - lfowles 12y ago
    Do you think that was having considered the consequences and judged his family and livelihood worth it or because he had the "I'm invincible" mindset?
    - nickysielicki 12y ago
      Probably a bit of both. What's your point?
rhino369 12y ago
You say martyr, I say maladjusted shut-in who couldn't find a productive outlet for his talent.
- nickysielicki 12y ago
  Maybe he is. Maybe that's what I am, too. What do you mean by productive outlet for his talent? Maybe he didn't want to help VCs make a few more million a year, or contribute to those systems at all. I support hacktivists, and if you don't, that's your right. But I hope you realize how much FLOSS, and thus also Silicon Valley, are tied to this immature, 'unproductive' culture. For example, Sam Hocevar, the same one that you know for running the debian project, was the former president of the trolling group named 'Gay Nigger Association of America.' The spirit of hacking is doing things just because you can. If we only used computer skills to do productive things, where would we be today? I am just trying to say, I think this is necessary for computing culture to be as prolific as it is, and I think it's hilarious and awesome.

lfowles 12y ago

> Each and every one of these idiot hackers willing to risk their livelihood and families for a little civil disobedience should be celebrated for the martyrs they are. Reading TFA, it seems he's now unwilling to risk his livelihood and family now that he knows the consequences.

nickysielicki 12y ago
Well duh... he's on constant monitoring by the FBI and he can't use the internet, how do you expect him to continue? He _did_ risk his family and livelihood, and he was without them for a time. Now he's not. I see no shame in that.
- lfowles 12y ago
  Do you think that was having considered the consequences and judged his family and livelihood worth it or because he had the "I'm invincible" mindset?
  - nickysielicki 12y ago
    Probably a bit of both. What's your point?

rhino369 12y ago

You say martyr, I say maladjusted shut-in who couldn't find a productive outlet for his talent.

nickysielicki 12y ago
Maybe he is. Maybe that's what I am, too. What do you mean by productive outlet for his talent? Maybe he didn't want to help VCs make a few more million a year, or contribute to those systems at all. I support hacktivists, and if you don't, that's your right. But I hope you realize how much FLOSS, and thus also Silicon Valley, are tied to this immature, 'unproductive' culture. For example, Sam Hocevar, the same one that you know for running the debian project, was the former president of the trolling group named 'Gay Nigger Association of America.' The spirit of hacking is doing things just because you can. If we only used computer skills to do productive things, where would we be today? I am just trying to say, I think this is necessary for computing culture to be as prolific as it is, and I think it's hilarious and awesome.