[109446] in Cypherpunks
Re: Gently nurturing the misguided hacker with baseball bats
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnold G. Reinhold)
Wed Mar 24 15:05:02 1999
In-Reply-To: <E10PhlA-0007FY-00@siren.shore.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 14:27:40 -0500
To: Vin McLellan <vin@shore.net>, Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@ai.mit.edu>,
Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>,
Peter Trei <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
From: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Cc: <dcsb@ai.mit.edu>, <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>, <cryptography@c2.net>,
"Digital Bearer Settlement List" <dbs@philodox.com>
Reply-To: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
At 2:07 AM -0500 3/24/99, Vin McLellan wrote:
>
> The truth is, smart anti-hacker vigilantes are probably no more
>likely to be identified or caught than the typical car thief or other
>street-savvy crook. Good odds -- maybe even the basis for a viable business
>plan.
On the other hand, there may be a business opportunity for a smart hacker,
preferably underage, to go poking at major corporate sites in the hope of
provoking the guys with baseball bats and capturing them on video tape.
The eventual legal settlement could more than pay for college. The best
part is he wouldn't have to be all that good technically, just good enought
to be a concern.
Arnold Reinhold
