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Re:I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptograp... by pdpi on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:55PM (#30123632)
There's the educational, constructive "Hey lokimedes I hear you're pretty good with this computer stuff want to come and help me while I solve a problem?", then there's the not so educational and not so constructive "Hey lokimedes, I hear you're pretty good at this, want to solve this problem for us?".

The "admin" person calling you for the former? Pretty cool. The principal calling you to their office for the latter? It really does say weird things about authority figures to a kid who's paying attention, especially when mixed with the cluelessness about security.

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Re:I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptograp... by Sophira on Saturday January 29, 2022 @01:12AM (#30124180)
It's not just the words though, here. Being called to the principal's office is an exceptional occasion. If they were called to the office that many times, they'd see through the words and recognise that the adults were out of their depth and that's why they were being called.
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