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Comment by justinjlynn | Hacker News Reader

Well, that didn't go over well. I'll show myself out.

I wasn't proposing illegal activity. I was in an obscure way, pointing out how badly insecure devices are actually a double threat. They are a threat in their own right, but they are also a threat in that you can't assume they haven't been tampered with.

I didn't down vote your comment or anything; but I think the general idea is to add to the conversation. Short quips generally turn gray... the rest of the thread under mine is mostly discussions of security options/concerns in regards to firewalls and networks.

Didn't mean to imply you were - just a saying in the locksmithing community. If you look below, I have contributed a tad more than a short quip. No worries.

I didn't know it was a locksmithing term, that's actually interesting and I'll have to Google a bit. It also puts the comment into context; but I was probably not the only one to miss the whooshing sound.

No worries -- there are times I feel I reside under a flight path so I'm sorry I sent a jet your way. Regarding the saying, I've probably heard it more often in the locksport community, actually. That's probably what I meant to say instead of locksmithing.

I just started watching videos on opening locks, and I instantly caught the reference. It really reinforces the old hacker mentality, I think, where you're doing kiiiinda in the grey area, but just because it's interesting. Whitehat-ish, I guess.

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