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Hats off to the old Phrack team. I can safely say that I probably wouldn't have this career I have now if it wasn't for Phrack.

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Same, Phrack was mind expanding for my teenage self in the 90s. Is there anything similar floating around these days? So much on the Internet seems filtered through corporate platforms that are antithetical to the counter-cultural spirit. Or maybe I'm just old now!

pocorgtfo is pretty good, but it's more aimed at 'weird machines' than just exploit techniques. You can also buy a copy online that comes looking like a bible, which I rather cherish as a possession ;)

I own two editions of it and they are great! Just chok full of really, really wonderful stuff. Particularly the tomagatchi hacking articles!

I feel a little uneasy reading them in public, though. The cover has, in big, bold beautiful letters "PoC || GTFO" which might lead someone who isn't familiar with the binary OR operator and the use of PoC as "Proof of Concept" to believe I hold opinions that I VERY much don't.

I don’t follow? I occasionally read mine in public — would you mind elaborating so I don’t fall into the same trap? What else could PoC mean?

People of Color, although I've only ever seen it being used that way with the letter O also capitalized

Thanks! Never knew about these magazines. Don't understand them at all but looks awesome.

2600 is still alive and well and STILL mails me a quarterly physical magazine. $250 for a lifetime subscription. The article quality is all over the place.

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