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From: madsaxon at direcway.com (madsaxon)
Subject: Ankit Fadia - A Reality

At 11:16 AM 9/8/03 -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

>Re-read this slowly and carefully, and pay attention. He *has* made
>up his mind.  Unfortunately, the real world has intervened. Most people
>discover sometime around Ankit's age that just because they've made up
>their mind to work for the FBI, or play lead guitar for Aerosmith, or
>play football for the Houston Oilers, that they really better have a backup
>plan in case the job offer doesn't come through.

When I first came across this kid a couple of years ago, I wrote him
off as a less-than-clueful media whore, as well.  On careful
reevaluation, though, I think he's more a victim of media hype
than a generator of it. He's essentially a big fish in the very
small ocean of Indian infosec.  Because he was active in an arena
where there weren't many competent players, he did draw more
than his share of attention from government agencies and big
corporations.  Being young and technically aware, yet able to
express yourself without resorting to foul language or w4r3z-5p33k,
does have its attractions for the adult world...

m5x

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