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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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