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Re:Phrack Magazine by j4yav on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:42PM (#26493596)
I’m an older hacker, and it was kind of the same back then too. We called them script kiddies.
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Re:Phrack Magazine by _jal on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:56PM (#26494688)
Script kiddies will always be with us.

It doesn't catch all of them, but a decent defense against the worst of that lot is a second forum that requires reading comprehension for access.

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Re:Phrack Magazine by j4yav on Thursday March 18, 2021 @01:31AM (#26499923)
Some of them even turn into contributors, eventually.
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Re:Phrack Magazine by _jal on Thursday March 18, 2021 @03:19PM (#26506437)
That is very true; lots of people do manage to grow up. A big part of the issue is just that smart, disaffected 16 year olds are just awful to be around. I know because I was one.
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