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This seems like the modern day equivalent of joy riding. I wonder whether this young hacker will clean up his act and later laugh at this conversation with a jo
by anonacct37 11y ago
This seems like the modern day equivalent of joy riding. I wonder whether this young hacker will clean up his act and later laugh at this conversation with a journalist or if this is the first step on a slippery slope to hardened criminal?
- jakejake 11y agoFrom the stories you read it seems that people who get a thrill out of this often keep going until they wind up in some degree of trouble. The level of trouble varies - one person may be scared to death from a legal letter. It may take some prison time for another. This particular hacker has been rewarded for his behavior by becoming friends with his victim. So I wouldn't expect he has any negative connotations with it so far. Who knows though..?
- e40 11y agoThis seems like the modern day equivalent of joy riding. Exactly. However, there's a wiff of sociopath in the responses, ever so slight. He seems to not feel remorse about things I would never do.
- GhotiFish 11y agoI noticed that as well. Everything was "happening to him". His girlfriend cheated on him. The world just isn't taking him seriously, he's obviously down on his luck and this was just a cry for attention yada yada yada. Efficiently re-contextualizing each of his actions in an attempt to garner sympathy. It's not a slam dunk but there is a possibility of some psychopathic characteristics here. For the record, I'd lay odds at 2% ish. If I was on Baratunde Thurston side of the conversation though, I would be operating on that assumption that he is one.