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skze

hackers, in fiction: trying to take control of other people’s devices and steal their data

hackers, in reality: trying to take control over their own devices and prevent others from getting their own data

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Mad A. Argon :qurio:

@skye Laughing sadly on degoogled phone :blobcatamused:

skze

@madargon yeah this is my current adventure that prompted this train of thought

Mad A. Argon :qurio:

@skye not sure how many of my posts you saw but few times I wrote about how far I went on paranoid path - because I so much despise being exploited.

skze

@madargon tbh i think the paranoid route is very average for this network here 😅

Block BigTech, Adelaide

@skye hahaha story of our collective lives, rifht there.

whitefish :hackers_town:

@skye for our right to repair! So wise words! :hecked:

Pffff...

@skye Your description of hackers in fictions is actually pretty accurate for real world big companies. 😬

skze

@rail_ i saw their talk at c3, really the best hacking story i’ve ever come across :D

Jenny Andrew

@rail_ @skye hackers IRL, educating public institutions about how to protect their infrastructure 🥰
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3PAauAy-

redvelvet :verifiedtrans::nb_verified:

@skye@toot.cat
hackers in fiction:
typing random nonesense
"i'm in"

hackers in real:
typing self-perpetuating code diarrhea and sending phish mail
has no financial incentive, this is just to ruin someone's pc for fun
"alright, i give it about a week before someone falls for it"

MissMythreyi

@skye Lol i was collecting these hackers in fiction vs reality snippets for a writing research and boy oh boy is this gonna be a great addition!!

Alexander Trivia Dragonson

@skye is there not also a generational gap here, or

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