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The Meth Connection to Identity Theft
From: Evil Wrangler <wrangler () netpublishing com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:35:29 -0800
Excuse me, but I take exception to the phrase "...making them expert hackers and mailbox thieves" in the above cited story. Either you or your editor has insulted the security community, whether you realize it or not. Probably not the smartest thing to do for a journalist. Either you have never been around hackers or you have never been around meth addicts. As a long time hacker, I can seriously tell you that drugs and hacking do not go together. Also people who are dumb enough to do meth are not smart enough to figure out how to write code to obtain unauthorized access to computers. Knock over mailboxes, yes. Hack, not without serious rehab and a lot more clue than your average doper can muster. You might consider publishing a retraction before someone posts one on your site for you =;^) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Wrangler - dumping out cleartext passwords, near you!, "One day closer to a Microsoft-free world!" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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