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Re:Adrian Lamo has died by patorjk on Friday March 16, 2018 @01:22PM (#16602248)
If you don't mind, I have a question about Adrian that I've wondered about for a while. I first came across his name when I was researching the author of an old AOL hacking program known as Fate X. It was pretty popular on AOL at the time and was written by "Magus". In interviews around 2010, Adrian claimed he went by the handle Magus on AOL, and many people I talked to pointed to him when I was trying to track down the author. However, I later discovered the app was written by someone else. Did Adrian claim to have written Fate X? And did he ever go into detail about his AOL days? It may just be a coincidence that he used the same handle, but I always found this to be a little strange.
Re:Adrian Lamo has died by VectorLock on Friday March 16, 2018 @01:51PM (#16602528)
I can't find any reference to him saying he created Fate X. The Magus handle is most likely purely coincidental.