Re:Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who wrote the book on how ...
by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:13PM
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> Cliff Stoll was an unwelcome demonstration that not all adults are as clueless as they appear to disaffected, smarter-than-thou teenagers.
One of the most important things people underestimate is just how powerful a group of “average” people working 9-5 for years if they get you in their cross hairs.
You just have to mess up once, get lazy once, make a wrong assumption once. Meanwhile, they only have to be right once.
Re:Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who wrote the book on how ...
by efnx on Thursday March 28, 2024 @01:34AM
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I think they are referring to hackers. So - as a hacker you only need to slip up once to possibly be found by a group of average folks working 9-5 to catch you.
One of the most important things people underestimate is just how powerful a group of “average” people working 9-5 for years if they get you in their cross hairs.
You just have to mess up once, get lazy once, make a wrong assumption once. Meanwhile, they only have to be right once.