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Message-ID: <200403101848.i2AImsHE011525@smtp.washington.edu> From: cdevoney at u.washington.edu (Chris DeVoney) Subject: Meth and hacking? On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:44 AM, Steven Alexander wrote: > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4460349/ > > "The drugs and the crime fit neatly together; addicts strung > out on meth can stay awake and focused for days at a time, > making them expert hackers and mailbox thieves. And ID theft > is easy money, the perfect income for drug addicts who have > no other way to fund their habit." > > Expert hackers? WTF? Depends on how you define "expert" but I could accept Bob Sullivan's defintion (although his idiot editor at MSNBC could have changed the wording). According to the article, the theft doesn't start with an online activity; it starts by stealing US Mail. The information is then successfully exploited online. No, the person isn't an expert hacker, per sa; they become expert at exploiting identify theft, just a fancy name for a thief. But concentration and long, continuous effort working at a craft can improve anyone's skills.<grin> cdv
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