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Brief Insight Into the Life of a Convicted Hacker

Source: Mashable!

Sep 15, 2009

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I love Reddit’s self-post category. For those unfamiliar with a self-post, it’s a Reddit post that links back to itself; it’s useful for questions, polls and discussion. While often misused, the community at Reddit rewards and votes mostly for interesting ones, and there’s a very cool one at the front page today.

In it, a convicted young hacker who got into hacking at an early age, got caught by the authorities, was given a suspended prison sentence and got slapped by huge fines, answers questions about himself. Provided it’s genuine (and it seems that way from the answers), it’s a fascinating opportunity: I bet many of you wanted to know the motivations, habits and the moral values of such a person.

The author sums it up nicely in the introduction: “I never hacked anything for financial gain and I don’t consider myself a criminal. I’m actually a pretty nice guy.” However, the folks at Reddit have come up with some very interesting questions (not all are attempts at humor, mind you), and the answers are well worth your time. Here’s a small sample of interesti

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