The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendary hackerspace

Re:The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendar... by thrwawy74 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @04:59PM (#35213050)

1) I'm against restricting things behind technical know-how to select for "the right group of people" on principle. I'm not talking about then, but now.

2) I wonder if this magical period was only possible because it was reachable by a few, and this knowledge was not largely abused because of the entry fee.

3) AI is lowering the barrier to entry. The great equalizer, to see what we do with valuable insight ~ Politicians should fear computers more than disgruntled citizens.

4) I hope we don't see export laws changed to cover AI models like encryption was.

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Re:The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendar... by raverbashing on Saturday March 18, 2023 @05:19PM (#35213220)

I kinda agree but technical know-how is probably one of the more "honest" ways of self-limiting something if only because freeloaders usually don't have the patience for anything too complicated

And punishment for abuse is mostly non-existent

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Re:The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendar... by nonethewiser on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:31PM (#35215063)

I think people don’t build bombs because they don’t want to. Not because they don’t know how.

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