Back Orifice (1998)

Re:Back Orifice (1998) by peejfancher on Saturday September 04, 2021 @08:50AM (#28414614)

I used to use this tool to mess with my college computer class professor. Me and a buddy installed it on the teachers computer that she used to instruct the class. We did mostly innocent stuff like closing windows or messing with the browser a bit. Occasionally we would reboot her computer when it was close to the end of class and we didn’t want to start something new. We’re both still coders to this day.

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Re:Back Orifice (1998) by InvertedRhodium on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:02AM (#28414718)

I was 13 when it came out, and my targets of choice were my peers rather than the teacher - I eventually got caught and had my account locked for 6 months as punishment. I don't recall exactly how I got caught, but no doubt it was something dumb and avoidable like talking about it.

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Re:Back Orifice (1998) by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:39AM (#28414975)

I'm wondering if people like you have grown up to be the people who break user interfaces needlessly, write cookie popups, integrate ads and telemetry, and force updates on things that don't need them.

In other words, did you grow out of your childish shenanigans or are you just getting paid for them now?

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Re:Back Orifice (1998) by grubbs on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:07AM (#28415217)

I used to do the exact same thing to friends over AIM and various computers at my HS.

I now manage a massive HPC cluster for a world renowned university. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Back Orifice (1998) by richardfey on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:32AM (#28415468)

Doubt it. Those are introduced by your next seat hip frontend developer

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Re:Back Orifice (1998) by batch12 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:52AM (#28416150)

Nah, some of us now use the knowledge gained to defend against real threats.

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