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Re:Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills by rhaway84773 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @10:26AM (#34568908)
It’s still celebrated. One of the articles with the most staying power on the HN front page I’ve seen in a while was the “owning an airline” one.

While people did debate the ethics of it, the hacking was admired because it was someone not in a position of power hacking an entity that was. It also illuminated a massive security risk which could now be fixed.

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Re:Steve Wozniak used to tip from printed sheets of $2 bills by hyperhopper on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:22PM (#34571672)
And also it uncovered a bit of hidden authoritarian secret anti-citizen secret bits.

Something that drastically limits and can be used to oppress people like a nation-wide travel restriction should be public and require due cause. Not a mystical list where one day you realize "wow guess my life is fucked"

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