From Julian Assange to RIM–this year’s reversals of fortune
Aaron Crayford was a high school hacker who attacked the Pentagon’s computers, got caught by the FBI, and wasn’t allowed to touch a computer for a decade. His digital exile ended a few years ago, and now he makes a chat app called Mighty. Last week he offered some advice on TechCrunch to the new generation of hackers, those high-profile no-goodniks of Anonymous and LulzSec. His message: don’t hack ’em, join ’em. In his words:
A rash of high-profile thefts reveals just how unsafe the Internet we depend on has become
LulzSec has done Harper and Canada a favour by pointing out a dangerous security vulnerability
So, should we talk about privacy now?