I went poring through international news while looking for old friends recently, and the utter fear and revulsion the world had against "hackers" 20 years ago is wild to contemplate.
Federal prosecutors were using CFAA against people submitting bug reports against Microsoft products, the news was amplifying things out of control, and the FBI was extraditing foreign citizens over practices that are commonplace to SV business models today.
It's astounding that what amounts to a "hacker mindset" is mere curiosity and reason, and how well it has been stamped out of the general populace.
Federal prosecutors were using CFAA against people submitting bug reports against Microsoft products, the news was amplifying things out of control, and the FBI was extraditing foreign citizens over practices that are commonplace to SV business models today.
It's astounding that what amounts to a "hacker mindset" is mere curiosity and reason, and how well it has been stamped out of the general populace.