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Re:Kevin Mitnick Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits by nickthemagicman on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @12:43PM (#8362465)
I think you give them too much credit. I think they just want power. It's seductive.

Lawyers have power, Doctors have power, Hackers have power.

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Re:Kevin Mitnick Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @01:18PM (#8362712)
Really good point, and on a related note, guys with guns and swords have power. Doesn't Kevin worry about getting kidnapped?
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Re:Kevin Mitnick Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits by nickthemagicman on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @08:31PM (#8364920)
Violence is short lived and easy to defend against. Knowledge is real power.
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Re:Kevin Mitnick Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Thursday September 25, 2014 @06:14PM (#8370069)
Sure, tell that to the lawyer that got eaten by the T-rex. Though what you say is probably the answer to why the threat of violence doesn't stop Mitnick. He seems to have good social skills or the knowledge of how to interact with people. He's probably selling shellshocked as a 0 day right now (though it's been out there a day or more already).
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