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Hacker Typer

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270 points rvnx | 5 comments | 15 Oct 24 10:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
1. edem ◴[18 Oct 24 07:31 UTC] No.41877116[source]▶
What does hacking have to do with cybersecurity?
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2. blooalien ◴[18 Oct 24 08:39 UTC] No.41877446[source]▶
True (real actual) "hackers" often make the best cybersecurity experts? :)
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3. alias_neo ◴[18 Oct 24 09:42 UTC] No.41877756[source]▶
I suppose they mean the pop-culture term "hacker" which is someone who breaks into digital systems in movies etc.

In which case, it has everything to do with Cybersecurity.

4. anthk ◴[18 Oct 24 13:25 UTC] No.41879241[source]▶
Not always. A lot of hackers aren't even networking related.

An easy hack would be to use echo, netcat and less to browse either Reddit or HN over Gopher:

     echo /live/items | nc  hngopher.com 70 | less

     echo /live/items/41877513   | netcat hngopher.com 70 | less
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5. blooalien ◴[20 Oct 24 12:00 UTC] No.41894777{3}[source]▶
By "true" hackers, I meant the old-skool type that learns things on the fly from limited resources and then uses creativity and problem-solving skills alongside their newly-minted knowledge to create nifty things or solve thorny problems. :)

Guessing from the rest of your comment there, with the nifty examples that you might be one of those "old-skool hackers" yourself. ;)