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Re:Michigan Terminal System by netman21 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:41PM (#35129572)
The first cool hack I ever saw was on the MTS system in Ann Arbor. Students would program a login screen and leave their VT100 or Tektronix terminal. The next student would think it was the real login and provide their password. Then the hackers would move their account balance to their own account.
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Re:Michigan Terminal System by IIsi50MHz on Monday March 13, 2023 @10:00PM (#35146341)
Uncool, and not in the hacker spirit[1], as I understand it. A hack should not cause or potentially cause harm.

[1] Using the Jargon File sense, of course, rather than the modern day bogeyman.

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