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LaminatorX
on Friday April 18 2014, @05:23PM
from the Law-and-Disorder-on-the-Electronic-Frontier dept.
from the Law-and-Disorder-on-the-Electronic-Frontier dept.
The earlier, bigger part of hacking history often had congregations as protagonists. From CCC in the early 80s to TESO in the 2000s, through LoD, MoD, cDc, L0pht, and the many other sung and unsung teams of hacker heroes, our culture was created, shaped, and immortalized by their articles, tools, and actions.
Why don't we see many hacker groups anymore? And why is that that the few which are around, such as Anonymous and its satellite efforts, do not have the same cultural impact as their forefathers?
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Hairyfeet on Saturday April 19 2014, @05:58AM
Meh its just "it became a business" and kids moved onto frankly cooler stuff. in my area there is a LOT of kids into doing creative things with hardware and software when it comes to video and audio, so instead of hacking some OS they build up this grab bag of plugins and tools from all over the place and use it to create some really wild music. Just like in the old days of hacking they are using hardware and software in ways never imagined, they just don't actually use the name hackers anymore.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.