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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald's must-watch 30C3 keynote [View all]2naSalit
(86,515 posts)29. You know
the term "hacker" is being misused as a broad-brush description of all those thousands of people at that convention... and I don't think you are aware of the implications you are making in comparing what little you know to what the term actually implies within the genre. If you aren't a hacker or know a few really well, you are missing a large portion of the meaning of the term and, therefore, mischaracterizing a lot of people you not only don't know but know little to nothing about.
You know what they say about making assumptions...
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The Anti Greenwald Army Is Probably Awaiting Orders From On High - Have To Polish The Talking Points
cantbeserious
Dec 2013
#3
The Private Security Agency they most likely hired to smear Greenwald assuming HB Gary lost the
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#26
Personally i have hated that crowd from day one. But maybe they are realizing the mindless, fascist
20score
Dec 2013
#12
Standing Ovation From The Hackers - They Understand The Present Harm And Future Threat Quite Clearly
cantbeserious
Dec 2013
#7
How long do you think it will take the NSA, FBI and Interpol to apprehend the Target criminals?
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#13
Everyone here is crowing about this convention of hackers. essentially lawbreakers...
George II
Dec 2013
#14
40 Million is a lot. It could very well be that those who stole those 40 million cards....
George II
Dec 2013
#19
That Is A Big Assumption That The Crooks That So Incense Were In Attendance
cantbeserious
Dec 2013
#20
You should do some research on the Convention and the group that puts it on....
George II
Dec 2013
#21
Bypassing The Main Argument - We Now Know Were One Stands On The 4th Amendment
cantbeserious
Dec 2013
#22
I'm sure there are legitimate programmers and "activists" among those 6000....
George II
Dec 2013
#35
I dislike all hackers whether they be the NSA stealing information all over the world or
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#25
By hackers, I do not mean computer nerds, I mean people who hack into the computers of others
JDPriestly
Dec 2013
#32
Surey the NSA knows who they are by now. All that meta data they have been collecting on every
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#27
'If the people ever found out what they are doing, they would be very angry'. Ron Wyden who tried to
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#28
He has always been a voice against the creeping security state, sometimes the only one during the
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#37
NSA Surveillance in Europe - European Parliament Hearing on NSA Surveillance and EU Citizens C-Span
mitty14u2
Dec 2013
#34
Interesting That This News Received Little Play In The US - Wonder Why - Oh, Don't Bother
cantbeserious
Jan 2014
#43