Subj : Re: Beautiful hacks
To   : Ben Collver
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Oct 26 2023 09:00:00

-=> Ben Collver wrote to Bob Worm <=-

 BC> I listened to a podcast by Jason Scott where he mentioned clever little
 BC> hacks and documents such as the anarchists cookbook.  He explained that
 BC> teens of that era did not want to actually construct bombs.  They lived
 BC> perhaps in oppressive environments and wanted to feel empowered.  These
 BC> documents and hacks felt empowering in a way.

 We also wanted to separate information from action. Reading about how
 to create a bomb or a surveillance device is mildly entertaining, but
 it was important that the information was free. Actually creating a
 bomb or surveillance device and *using it* was rightfully a crime.

 Especially when BBSes were getting raided for having information that
 was already available at the Library of Congress.



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