Re:how to completely own an airline in 3 easy steps
by autoexec on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:24AM
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> Stealing source code and making it public isn't really helping anyone, most likely this is just an ego-inflation bragging exercise... A lot of these so-called hacktivists claim noble goals but then it later transpires to be down to other more selfish reasons,
There are a lot of ways a hacker can get attention and gain notoriety to inflate their ego. They could be causing harm to people, breaking things, causing chaos, and spreading lies. There are a lot of invisible whitehats around doing good out there. The evil stuff stands out a lot more. Responsibly reporting the data leak issue in that mental health app, and being willing to reveal the data about the no fly list to someone (if it feels they're the right someone), that all seems pretty good to me.
hacktivists are just people who try to make the world better through hacking. There's no requirement that they never do anything else for any other reason, or that they only ever hack for a really good cause, or that they never take any pleasure in the recognition they get for their actions or in what they've accomplished.
What's even the point in looking down on someone for doing good things in order to gain a positive reputation? Isn't that what we hope people will do?
There are a lot of ways a hacker can get attention and gain notoriety to inflate their ego. They could be causing harm to people, breaking things, causing chaos, and spreading lies. There are a lot of invisible whitehats around doing good out there. The evil stuff stands out a lot more. Responsibly reporting the data leak issue in that mental health app, and being willing to reveal the data about the no fly list to someone (if it feels they're the right someone), that all seems pretty good to me.
hacktivists are just people who try to make the world better through hacking. There's no requirement that they never do anything else for any other reason, or that they only ever hack for a really good cause, or that they never take any pleasure in the recognition they get for their actions or in what they've accomplished.
What's even the point in looking down on someone for doing good things in order to gain a positive reputation? Isn't that what we hope people will do?