Great Hackers - Web Developer Joke

Feb 17, 2023 1:08 PM

What you thought great hackers look like vs. what they really are like.

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It’s missing the bottles of Mountain Dew.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

When we used PCs & CRTs, hacker had already meant "person who breaks into computers." Now it's just generic for "does computers well"

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The still open PC, yes. The messy desk, yes. The CRT, no.

2 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

In order of how old things are, it goes this comic, that CRT, this joke

2 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Nah the pro white hats, and I do mean the dangerous ones, can often look like the top image.

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White hats are the guys reporting vulnerabilities instead of exploiting them.

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The ones who find zero days have the potential to be incredibly dangerous, yet choose not to. All it takes is a slight to unlock their spite

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Then they are either grey to begin with or going towards blackhattery.

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But otherwise I agree.

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