Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWith everything becoming convience orientated , how hard would it be to be a hacker nowadays versus back in the day? Like what to read, how to help people, and other semi free things?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareWith everything becoming convience orientated , how hard would it be to be a hacker nowadays versus back in the day? Like what to read, how to help people, and other semi free things?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIt’s a curve. At one point you could hack the global phone network with a plastic whistle. At some point running scripts other people wrote was looked down upon. I predict that William Gibson is going to be proven more prophetic by the day.
minus-squareTribblesBestFriend@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoDidn’t found it but there’s a joke out there about Gibson profetising the 2026 RAM cost. However I found this one that is as good
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago At some point running scripts other people wrote was looked down upon. Now people pay corporations for chatbots to regurgitate scripts other people wrote.
It’s a curve. At one point you could hack the global phone network with a plastic whistle. At some point running scripts other people wrote was looked down upon.
I predict that William Gibson is going to be proven more prophetic by the day.
Didn’t found it but there’s a joke out there about Gibson profetising the 2026 RAM cost. However I found this one that is as good
Now people pay corporations for chatbots to regurgitate scripts other people wrote.