LulzSec's Instant Fame is Bad for Hacker Culture(betabeat.com) |
LulzSec's Instant Fame is Bad for Hacker Culture(betabeat.com) |
I do think the author makes some fine points about root causes of this kind of behavior and the joys of rehabbing one's worldview with honest coding. I'm working with a skiddie right now patiently trying to bait him over from the dark side with honest code assignments. Unfortunately it looks like he just might get caught in the dragnets Anon & Lulzsec have provoked. Time will tell.
Twitter may amplify this a little, but its not exactly a paradigm shift.