No disagreements here, but this is all something that can change easily, he just need to understand the repercussions of his actions
dannym
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Absolutely, didn't mean to imply otherwise
Maybe, I've never met him, but that changes nothing.
Linus Torvalds is a giant asshole and he doesn't know how to talk to people, he's still one of the most important people in tech.
Please look into penetration testing.
He can learn once he understands the repercussions of his actions. Remember that he's an autistic teenager, he has a lot to learn about life and especially morality.
If you're not aware, the hack was performed by Arion Kurtaj, an 18 year old, who has been put in ~~prison~~ a psych ward in a uk prison. He hacked rockstar at a hotel, where he was left with no computers or phones, only to find that the TV had a chromecast, which he used to buy a phone and a keyboard (presumably by selling his monero).
- He hacked into all major uk telcom providers: EE, BT and Orange.
- He hacked into nvidia
This kid deserves a 7-8 digits salary as a pentester, not prison; plenty of pentesting companies would hire him in a heartbeat.
Don't get me wrong, he deserves a long and drawn out lesson on morals, but also a stellar salary where he can do what he's doing for the right side.
EDIT: I have made a mistake in my original comment, which has been pointed out. My bad, he's technically in a psych ward in a uk prison, because he's aggressive and unstable. I still stand by what I said (and what I clarified in the comments below), but I wanted to correct the record
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I don't want to believe this, my brain is refusing to process that statement, I have stared at that article in a state of disbelief for a minute. Surely someone can't be that stupid, right?
I have heard plenty of brain dead arguments by anti-encryption people, but this is by far the stupidest. There is no way, there is just no way that he's so.... I want to say brain dead, but that would imply that there is even a brain there for it to be dead.
Regardless of political affiliation, or even the individual's stance on encryption, surely there can't be a single person that heard that statement and didn't laugh at it, right?
Perhaps the Australian stereotype of being upside down holds some truth, considering his... utterance; he must walk on his hands and constantly get bit by snakes and attacked by drop bears on his daily commute, that's the only explanation for how someone can make such a statement
it's so rare that it basically only exists in well run companies and well run FOSS projects (which are few and far between)
Oh, i didn't think about that! Tho I'd feel gross installing a google product on my phone
I agree with you in principle, you are definitely objectively correct, however people can redeem themselves.
To name two: