This is a really great angle and perspective to add in - I agree a noted habit / trend / short-hand in “severity” sometimes with technical subjects. I read through and also have heard some similar routine prep stories. Unusual? Absolutely!

Then again, it’s also unusual for a Dodge dealership in North Texas to have 7 Hellcat vehicles stolen in one night, but here we are.

So, I pick up that maybe the tech stack isn’t the most priority point - it’s the determination. The desire to continue through any avenue. Add that in with, reportedly a physical violence time in life, the persistent threat maybe can heal out of it?

> Add that in with, reportedly a physical violence time in life

Throwing an autistic person into prison will do that. The child abuse that autistic people often receive in their childhood will do that

> the persistent threat maybe can heal out of it?

Or maybe just give them a job instead of throwing them in a padded cell for life?

I hope they worked out a deal at least

> That's quite a feat.

> makes him any more of a monster

You're attacking a straw man.

Saying something is "a feat" is a long way from saying they're a monster.

The statement in the article would sound to a non-technical audience like this guy is some sort of hacking magician, and I'm sure nobody minds this perception for the reason I mentioned above.

I'm just providing a counterpoint as well as a reason why there's an incentive to make this guy sound more skilled & evil than he really is.

To be fair: it is hard to not be around internet connected devices now

> I don't see what the big deal is in installing a chrooted Linux environment (or SSH/RDP client to remote into an external machine) in an Android device?

Installing it is nothing: 2 touches away. But using this crappy Android experience (where the on screen keyboard obscures half of your terminal) shows talent and dedication.

I imagine this is where the Firestick and TV came in - screencast termux or ConnectBot to the TV so you can use the phone in horizontal mode as a larger keyboard.

> I don't see what the big deal is in installing a chrooted Linux environment (or SSH/RDP client to remote into an external machine) in an Android device

Installing a Linux environment or SSH client on a Fire Stick in a hotel without access to a laptop?

Not familiar with Firesticks- is there an app in their App Store for SSH?

Fire devices just run a flavor of Android, without Google Play Services. Getting SSH on there is trivial, especially when rooted.

I would like to install SSH and root a Fire Stick with my phone. Where should I start?

Second result on Kagi: https://www.firesticktricks.com/install-apk-on-firestick-fro... ?

This would at least give you the ability to install an SSH or RDP client since those don't even require root.