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Awsi Dooger

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48. Now I'm seeing articles about unfortunate misogynistic remarks from same time frame

Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:17 PM

Mar 2019

I'm not going to link to them or mention them specifically but they don't read well and might cause Beto some problems. They apparently are from the same late '80s time frame as the hacking group. Beto was 18 years old or thereabouts.

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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