> they also have bricked retail xbox360 consoles of nefarious (teenage) actors
I believe these two podcast episodes cover that in depth.
I believe these two podcast episodes cover that in depth.
For this reason, I cannot watch/listen to darknet diaries, or a host of other topics. The physical cringe of wanting to correct the record is unbearable, but from what I heard, they are very accurate and have done their research.
RIP anthony
It also doesn't distinguish between reporting ("Dr. Bob says wet streets cause rain"), analysis ("Dr Bob says wet streets cause rain; is this accurate?") and opinion ("In the opinion of the columnist/author, Dr. Bob is an idiot who thinks wet streets cause rain! This is just yet another example of the violence inherent in the system, decaying the moral fabric of our system."
It also doesn't account for the Dunning-Kruger effect, or on Joe Q Public's near total ignorance on the subject of observational biases and dependency on anecdotes and personal experience.)
That "hypothesis" leverages Joe thinking some reporter covering global warming is "fake news" when it's been a cold, snowy week...to get Joe to think that reporting about current events or politics is equally "fake."
A reminder that a reporter who writes "Dr. Bob says wet streets cause rain" is not publishing fake news. It's reporting the fact that there is someone who said/thinks that. That is different from presenting their statement as fact.
Cool well it sounds like they are reporting something interesting or truthful so it's fake news in my book.
There was a word for that, hang on what was it. Oh, right. "Lying."
We don't notice how little we know on topics we don't fully grasp, but when we notice them in topics we are more experienced about we don't do anything, we just change topic.
That's the pain I feel when facing this new instance of the affect, in a more palatable form:
I could comment on the internet - but knowing my comments will, despite immense reverence, or correctness, be ignored by the silent masses, turns the effect into an affliction.
The man reading the newspaper can mutter the facts under his breath. Had he yell louder, still, nothing will change - his breakfast partner bemoaned.
The miniscule chance of my comment correcting the record pains me. Had I yell louder, maybe someone will take note. But I can't - because they won't, and the possibility of my pertinent, small chance of making a difference gets irrevocably distant, as an algorithm pushes the topic of collective interest to someone else's disdain.
So I reload the page, and forget what I knew.
Like an internet-mullet. Business in my name, party behind an alias.
The interesting bit would be writing and maintaining two distinct sites/corpus.
It is generally recommended (OPSEC Bible rule 3) to never publish, however, I have more stories to tell now than future crimes to commit, so, one day, yes, I would like to.
lol? This is your reply to people literally begging you to share your story? That other people won't read it? We can't all get the audience we want.
im sure the french have a word for it
The internet undermines a lot of this though from a technical perspective. If you are interested in things technically (building PCs! Gaming! Development!) you read the sources from better tech sites and it is not as bad as back in the day when you had newspapers and empty pretty talking heads on CNN. Well, unless you're in the echo chamber as described here...
The other thing is just that mainstream media is just AWFUL at science and technology, because journalists inherit the general anti-scientist bias of the general population and humanities domains. On "people affairs" they usually have sociology and psychology and poli sci background and instincts... they are reporters of human structures and motivations.
So I suppose it is true that they have better reporting of the affairs of non-scientists to some degree.
> This is the story about the XBox hacking scene and how a group of guys pushed their luck a little too far.
Anthony (Clark) was one of said guys. Heavy spoilers ahead...
... He was convicted in 2016 for wire fraud related to EA FIFA coins. In 2017, he was found dead, awaiting sentencing.
per gentlemen's agreement (something the soulless, kakfa-esque fucks at M$ will never understand), I can't elaborate further...
but if you ever find a 0-day / bug, don't pursue a bug bounty.
They will put a bounty on you, and squash you like the bug.
Nintendo threatening modders legally is literal child's play compared to the literal mob tactics MS and Activision used against what they perceived as financial or PR threats.
I am sure you are aware of what Sony did around 10 years ago to certain people regarding the PS3 and its exploits.
> but if you ever find a 0-day / bug, don't pursue a bug bounty.
It is still elementary days but there has been some controversy among researchers that in reality John Deere's bug-bounty program is being a PR stunt in order to cover up bugs and stall disclosure. So I guess people are slowly waking up to the reality of things not going their way.
[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/kl4fhi/nintendo_c...
it means an altruistic agreement where both parties have something to lose from either speaking/competing
MS has an agnostic stance on bug bounties.
some folks did some super illegal shit and got justice.
these things are unrelated
So many legal methods to kill someone that is normalised & accepted by society.
the rest of the crew got 5+ years.
> The physical cringe of wanting to correct the record is unbearable
It's like me when I hear someone at karaoke singing out of key and out of tune. The pain is almost physical and it hurts the brain.
Thanks for sharing.