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GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. HA!

Richard Day — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:04:21 +0000

In reply to A good hacker knows how to

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. HA!

Atheist kind of hits all of

Richard Day — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:46:35 +0000

In reply to I'd be a lot more than

Atheist kind of hits all of the points but people do do damage just to see the results in the newspaper! ha

A good hacker knows how to

Verified Atheist — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:42:17 +0000

In reply to I'd be a lot more than

A good hacker knows how to choose his/her targets.

Step 1: Identify where Beck will be.

Step 2: Set up a "free" wireless hotspot near him.

Step 3: Just to make sure there are no innocent bystanders, set up the virus to be downloaded only when the browser searches on "Nazi porn"

Step 4: Success!

I'd be a lot more than

MrSmith1 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:34:00 +0000

In reply to Picture this: you see Beck

I'd be a lot more than tempted, I'd be motivated. LOL

But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about harming people you don't know and will never meet.

Picture this: you see Beck

Verified Atheist — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:45:34 +0000

In reply to "Charlie Miller, principal

Picture this: you see Beck with a Macbook Pro on his lap. Can you honestly tell me you wouldn't be the least bit tempted?

"Charlie Miller, principal

MrSmith1 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:03:59 +0000

In reply to HACKERS

"Charlie Miller, principal research consultant at Accuvant Labs, said he has found a way to manipulate chips embedded inside Apple laptop batteries."

To me, it always come back to, 'Sure, you can do that, but why would you want to?'

What enjoyment does a hacker get from causing misery to people he or she has never met? Is this a form of remote sociopathic hostility? Is it virtual anarchy? Or just the complete and utter lack of a soul? I can understand the monetary motivation for hackers breaking in to encrypted sites and draining bank accounts or messing with large corporations in order to get some kind of revenge. That's criminal and morally wrong, but it makes sense. Causing harm to people you don't know, for the same reason dogs lick their balls, (because they can), just seems odd and somewhat pathetic. Or perhaps I'm just getting old ...