A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.
that’s hilarious. I remember the scene back in the day was more like, “if you don’t know, get fucked because nobody is going to be responsible for your incompetent bullshit.”
They have lots of snobbish gatekeeping still, it just exists at a higher level. Entry level knowledge is abundant. But once you seek a community with more specialized expertise, the IRC channels will be private and have passwords, and you better have contributed something to a novel exploit or something…
that’s hilarious. I remember the scene back in the day was more like, “if you don’t know, get fucked because nobody is going to be responsible for your incompetent bullshit.”
oh how times have changed.
They have lots of snobbish gatekeeping still, it just exists at a higher level. Entry level knowledge is abundant. But once you seek a community with more specialized expertise, the IRC channels will be private and have passwords, and you better have contributed something to a novel exploit or something…