alt Hacker News> "He was a hacker-turned-security consultant who, later in life, helped shape the modern white-hat."
They left out convicted criminal.
> "He was a hacker-turned-security consultant who, later in life, helped shape the modern white-hat."
They left out convicted criminal.
I have so many stories about his absolutely terrible behavior at conferences. He once refused to pay the entry fee to a charity event and had to be physically ejectedy.
Absolutely better at PR than any actual work, pay careful attention and none of his early stuff was particularly novel, from a technical perspective.
But for whatever reason, we venerate him just because he was victimized by the state. The world is not a dichotomy -- sometimes bad things happen to bad people.