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> > I think the reason most hackers hack is because of boredom. Why does my dog rip dryer vents out of the wall and chew them up? Boredom. Or that he hates the vent. I've tried hacking, and I just can't get why these people *continue* to hack. Is it for the "rush"? Yeah, right. How much rush do you get from typing all day? Ooo! I'm somewhere I'm not supposed to be! Wow! Others say for the challenge. I guess getting the # is a challenge, but come on. What are you going to do once you're there? Steal tax records? *Excitement!* Maybe they like being feared by the majority of the populace. Oh, sure I would be scared if a hacker could get into my bank account, but is that really possible? How many corporate firewalls would a hacker have to get through, undetected, to get to my account information? Too many. I'm not really scared about hackers right now. Most of them are, like Sam said, immature. People I know who claim to be hackers seem very immature and they flaunt the fact that they can "Hack into my computer and destroy my files!". Losers.
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> > Shadow"This is CNN"Clerk
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> Why don't we call those losers cybervandles?
> I think I just coined a new term!
> Howard

I agree with Sam, in that it's really immature. (Personally, I favor "utterly pathetic".)

Here these people are capable of closing down Yahoo, (not an easy feat, I think), if only briefly, and they have nothing better to do with their time?

I'm sorry, but with those kind of skills used fruitlessly, can you say . . . . . LOSER?! (Apologies for my shouting.)


Just think of the money one might make with that knowledge at a company paid to prevent that sort of thing. *shrug*

Mage"A waste, IMHO"Lord