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Re: Firefox bugs
From: "James (njan) Eaton-Lee" <james.mailing () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:21:03 +0100
Rob Lemos wrote:
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 00:10 +0200, endrazine wrote:
What's next? Spammers working with anti-spam companies? :>Well, no offense Dave, but aren't you a hacker working against hackers yourself ? ;) This schyzophrenia is part of the the process of living from your security research, right ?
The hackers-security relationship is not the same as the spammer-anti-spam/security relationship.
Not to mention the fact that the preceding e-mail leverages a popular misconception as to what, exactly, Schizophrenia is. It is not, as generally thought, a disorder involving manifestations of more than one personality. There is a common confusion here between Schizophrenia and the aptly named Dissociative Identity Disorder/Multiple Personality Disorder. The wikipedia entries on both topics are quite informative if anyone's interested in finding out more. Sorry, just had to point that one out - this one really irks me. (Wait until someone mis-uses the phrase "begs the question"...) On top of that, of course, there's the misspelling... ;)
Calling someone a hacker defines their mindset, their approach to a problem. A spammer is someone who has already chosen a certain path. A hacker could be a spammer and vice versa, but I think the intersection of the two would be a pretty small population. A hacker can have all sorts of ethics, but a spammer has already pretty much chosen their ethical position.
But yes.. as another poster points out, this is another reformulation of the classic debate as to the meaning of the term 'hacker'; considerable debate can be had on points like these solely semantically. In this case I think the confusion arises based on the very loose use of the word 'hacker' to simultaneously describe (i) a group of all individuals, and also (ii) what is otherwise being assumed for the sake of maligning this "skyzophrenia" to be two distinct groups of individuals. I think someone needs to introduce venn diagrams to the discussion.. ;) - James. -- James (njan) Eaton-Lee | 10807960 | http://www.jeremiad.org Semper Monemus Sed Non Audiunt, Ergo Lartus - (Jean-Croix) sites: https://www.bsrf.org.uk ~ http://www.security-forums.com ca: https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 -- _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunitysec com http://lists.immunitysec.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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- Re: Firefox bugs Dave Aitel (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs H D Moore (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs Thor Larholm (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs Matt (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs Alexander Sotirov (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs Dave Aitel (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs endrazine (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs [iRant] Bas Alberts (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs [iRant] Jared DeMott (Oct 04)
- Re: Firefox bugs Rob Lemos (Oct 04)
- Re: Firefox bugs James (njan) Eaton-Lee (Oct 04)
- Re: Firefox bugs Jared DeMott (Oct 04)
- Re: Firefox bugs Dave Aitel (Oct 03)
- Re: Firefox bugs Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro (Oct 04)
- Re: Firefox bugs Matt Richard (Oct 04)