Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia

Re:Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia by coldtea on Thursday June 22, 2017 @02:14PM (#14614149)

The secret ingredient is a culture of cheating. Its absolutely fine to cheat on any level of exam (unless you get caught, obviously). This makes students think about the weak points of any system, gives them a chance to train their skills etc.

Sorry, what? They are better at math because they cheat at exams, and thus they "train" their minds?

That's not even wrong.

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Re:Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia by jabwork on Thursday June 22, 2017 @07:39PM (#14616116)

I read this as the culture of cheating teaches analysis of the system (education /testing) and how to identify weak points and exploit them

Then, using the same analytical skills, students are better prepared to analyze other systems (eg security) and pinpoint/exploit their weakness

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Re:Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia by coldtea on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:21AM (#14619781)

>I read this as the culture of cheating teaches analysis of the system (education /testing) and how to identify weak points and exploit them

Still far fetched (and plain wrong -- it would work for all other "cultures of cheating" too).

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Re:Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia by Lordarminius on Thursday June 22, 2017 @02:20PM (#14614191)

I found his logic weird as well

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