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radius777

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42. IOW, Beto was a normal Gen-Xer. /nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2019, 06:19 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Beto O'Rourke's secret membership in America's oldest hacking group [View all] brooklynite Mar 2019 OP

That makes me like him more...as one who er might have played on the dark side and actually Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #1

Sounds like a person who would adopt a workable strategy to fight our digital wars blogslut Mar 2019 #2

This will be a tricky issue for him. It looks like he was a White Hat, but it may be hard to prove. LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #3

I don't think he has to prove anything...he has already acknowledged this. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #4

This was before the internet. crazytown Mar 2019 #6

We didn't call them that, but yeah, there was. And, I dcompletely disagree with your definition. LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #19

cf The Difference Between a Programmer, a Hacker, and a Developer crazytown Mar 2019 #21

I don't care how they define it now; I know how we used the term 40 years ago. LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #25

OK crazytown Mar 2019 #26

The big test for us in '78 was breaking into Phoenix Honeywell to play Super Star Trek, which had LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #32

Hacker is a positive term. It started at MIT sfwriter Mar 2019 #35

I'm done arguing; from 1963: LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #38

That is the first mention of hackers in a black hat context, but it is an administration take. sfwriter Mar 2019 #49

Beto might have won if this was public in 2018 crazytown Mar 2019 #5

I am very impressed. As anyone who participated in pre-internet hacking can tell you, it was very Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #10

I'm so old I did some phone phreaking. sfwriter Mar 2019 #36

That was not easy stuff...we used to use the phones as we had no money to pay for service. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #39

So, he doesn't need remedial instruction about computers dalton99a Mar 2019 #7

Although I like computer savvy, overall this article is a HIT JOB. Hortensis Mar 2019 #8

I read the article too and it is a hit piece...but I think it will backfire. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #15

Yes, I sort of think it's pointing out Beto's "wild" youth. Including minor law-breaking ... MH1 Mar 2019 #17

And this: George II Mar 2019 #18

Yes, definitely noticed that stab at the heart. Hortensis Mar 2019 #20

Read the Washington Post version and you will like Beto even more Gothmog Mar 2019 #47

Beto sponsored the only girl admitted to the CDC crazytown Mar 2019 #9

+1 dalton99a Mar 2019 #12

That is an adorable picture by the way. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #13

i was picturing this KayF Mar 2019 #27

I feel a jury duty coming. dewsgirl Mar 2019 #11

Why is that? Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #14

If this thread continues, I think someone will think he is being picked on. Idk usually dewsgirl Mar 2019 #16

I don't think you did. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #23

Thank you, I don't know if we are allowed to bring dewsgirl Mar 2019 #24

I don't know either. Demsrule86 Mar 2019 #40

Thank you, that's very kind of you, dewsgirl Mar 2019 #44

I hope not; it seems like a valid subject for discussion. I personally think it's cool, LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #22

Well, back in the 60s, I was a bit of a phone hacker. MineralMan Mar 2019 #28

i used to really enjoy reading your posts.... chillfactor Mar 2019 #29

That's pretty sad. It's a factual report of O'Rourke's association. LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #34

lol fail ! stonecutter357 Mar 2019 #30

Thanks for sharing brooklynite, this bolsters my positive regard for O'Rourke Devil Child Mar 2019 #31

Anyone trying to win Undecideds over might try to make the Hassler Mar 2019 #33

Makes me like him more leftofcool Mar 2019 #37

So he's someone that will be able to understand and judge cyberattack protections. Kablooie Mar 2019 #41

There was no internet at this time Gothmog Mar 2019 #46

IOW, Beto was a normal Gen-Xer. /nt radius777 Mar 2019 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Mar 2019 #43

Beto O'Rourke's hacking universe, explained Gothmog Mar 2019 #45

Now I'm seeing articles about unfortunate misogynistic remarks from same time frame Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #48

Ooo! Beto is smart! How scarrrrrry! McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #50

brooklynite are you DU's Mothman? thewhollytoast Mar 2019 #51

The article refers to a "Swamp Rat" in Texas, to whom Beto was apparently close coti Mar 2019 #52