The Guardian presents an interesting perspective, that hacktivists are bored teenagers driven by their hatred of government policy. If that’s the case, it’s nothing new. They’re just able to make bigger messes today than their counterparts could 20 years ago.
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Meet the new malcontents. Same as the old malcontents.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 30, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/06/meet-the-new-malcontents-same-as-the-old-malcontents/
Secret Service BBS raids from the other perspective
I’ve written in the past about the Feds busting people using BBSs for nefarious purposes in the early 1990s. But the only stories I’ve ever heard were from the perspective of the people who got busted, often second or third hand.
Here’s a story from the side of someone who helped the Secret Service for three days in the 1980s.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 3, 2008
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2008/08/secret-service-bbs-raids-from-the-other-perspective/
Myspace and blogging isn’t inherently bad
I see some schools are blocking access to Myspace and other blogging tools. The blogosphere, some people seem to believe, is just a bunch of people looking to exploit teenaged girls.
Sure, blogs can be dangerous. So can cars and jobs. I think the Myspace phenomenon exposes weaknesses in upbringing more than anything else.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 1, 2006
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2006/03/myspace-and-blogging-isnt-inherently-bad/
We can’t give hackers anything else to work with
Thanks to David Huff for pointing this link out to me (the good Dr. Keyboard also passed it along). Steve Gibson was hacked last month, and he wasn’t very happy about it. So he set out to learn everything he could about l337 h4x0rs (elite hacker wannabes–script kiddies). What he found out bothers me a lot.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 1, 2001
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2001/06/we-cant-give-hackers-anything-else-to-work-with-2/