>>> Curious why you think this is. Do you think people really aren't pushing the boundaries today like they did back then?
Not at all. The law hasn't just caught up, it's like a boot on the throat of the people trying to push existing technologies to new places and uses.
Just take GeoHot. Guy jailbreaks the PS3 and all hell breaks loose. Sony says they're going to patch the way he broke into the system. Then GeoHot says he's writing firmware to go around that. Then Sony sues him, then Sony wanted all the users who watched his videos on YouTube. Then Sony finally settled out of court after he agreed not to hack any more Sony products.
All this because he wanted to run some custom software on his PS3.
There are definitely people out there seriously pushing the hacking boundaries, but my point was the consequences have gotten way out of hand. When I hacked the university email system in 97', I got my network privileges revoked for a year. What do you think the punishment would be nowadays?
You're just not able to hack for fun anymore since anything you do could be construed as a crime, and a serious one at that. Even a guy using his neighbors wireless service is now a federal crime.
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Not at all. The law hasn't just caught up, it's like a boot on the throat of the people trying to push existing technologies to new places and uses.
Just take GeoHot. Guy jailbreaks the PS3 and all hell breaks loose. Sony says they're going to patch the way he broke into the system. Then GeoHot says he's writing firmware to go around that. Then Sony sues him, then Sony wanted all the users who watched his videos on YouTube. Then Sony finally settled out of court after he agreed not to hack any more Sony products.
All this because he wanted to run some custom software on his PS3.
There are definitely people out there seriously pushing the hacking boundaries, but my point was the consequences have gotten way out of hand. When I hacked the university email system in 97', I got my network privileges revoked for a year. What do you think the punishment would be nowadays?
You're just not able to hack for fun anymore since anything you do could be construed as a crime, and a serious one at that. Even a guy using his neighbors wireless service is now a federal crime.