Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by Apocryphon on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:11PM
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Social engineering is a form of hacking, and there are grey, white, and black hat forms of hacking. Hacks also vary in terms of skill, and elegance. What you describe sounds very script kiddie.
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Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by shuckles on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:00AM
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A good hacker uses every script at their disposal.
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by Apocryphon on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:04AM
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Agreed. It’s still hacking- it just might not be good hacking, in more than one sense of the word. So perhaps it depends on the nature of the hacker itself!
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by shuckles on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:17AM
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So a good hacker is whoever you decide has good nature?
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by Apocryphon on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:20AM
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Now you’re getting it!
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by shuckles on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:30AM
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Glad you aren't making the rules!
Re:EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
by Apocryphon on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @01:36AM
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On the contrary, I have already made and set the rules for this tangent into semantics. Behold, social hacking in action.