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Re:Bored 10-year-old girl hacker finds zero-day exploit in i... by CaveTech on Monday August 08, 2011 @05:04AM (#2859333)
Congrats to the girl for giving a presentation at age 10, but in all honesty this is nothing new. I'm positive that this is pretty much common knowledge to anyone who has ever played a time based game. Also, calling it an "exploit" makes it seem like it's some sort of security risk; when in reality it's about on par with turning off a device before saving to erase unwanted actions.
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Re:Bored 10-year-old girl hacker finds zero-day exploit in i... by palish on Monday August 08, 2011 @05:27AM (#2859369)
She's 10, and she figured it out on her own. Let her have her 5 minutes.
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Re:Bored 10-year-old girl hacker finds zero-day exploit in i... by CaveTech on Monday August 08, 2011 @05:38AM (#2859393)
Not to seem rude, but I was probably at a similar age when I figured it out myself. While it does deserve some level of praise, it's not exactly news worthy.
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Re:Bored 10-year-old girl hacker finds zero-day exploit in i... by palish on Monday August 08, 2011 @06:04AM (#2859452)
The more people hacking, the better IMO. It's something that should be praised.
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