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USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation

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460 points wglb | 1 comments | 08 Aug 24 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.251s | source
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cvoss ◴[09 Aug 24 17:59 UTC] No.41204016[source]▶
> The creator is a current computer science student in China who is using the skills he's learning to make a pretty penny on the side.

There's a strong argument right here for teaching technology ethics as part of a typical CS curriculum. I'm not saying that would have stopped this student from making his own unethical choices, but it does highlight the fact that we equip people with these really powerful technical skills, but we don't even try to equip them with the ethics to be responsible about it. We just sort of hope they were raised right, I guess.

Anyone here have experience with a curriculum that includes the ethics aspect?

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1. TrackerFF ◴[11 Aug 24 16:50 UTC] No.41217480[source]▶
I will say this:

Some cultures have a very strong "if you can scam someone and get away with it, you'd be a fool not to" mentality, often combined with the mindset that you should do everything in your power to improve your life, and that you're living in a constant state of scarcity - so if any opportunity pops up, you'd better take it.

And if it's some random faceless person on the other side of the world, even better.