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   Chuck Jackson to All   
   Re: Easy Hacking Tools Facilitate Bad Be   
   29 Oct 20 15:37:51   
   
   From: clj@jacksons.net   
      
   Our moderator wrote:   
      
       Subject: [telecom] Easy Hacking Tools Facilitate Bad Behavior   
      
       A few years ago, if you wanted to wreak havoc online, you needed some   
       skill. You needed to understand coding and how to break into other   
       computers. You needed to develop attack bots and probe for   
       vulnerabilities.   
      
       Now you just need to point and click.   
      
   For a good discussion of this point see   
      
       *Click Here to Kill Everybody */Security and Survival in a   
       Hyper-connected World /by Bruce Schneier   
       https://www.schneier.com/books/click-here/   
      
   Chuck   
      
   ***** Moderator's Note *****   
      
   I have a problem with Bruce Schneier: he seeks advice from his   
   readers, but doesn't credit them for it: I sent him a couple of   
   comments that appeared in his publications, without attribution.   
      
   I know that the guru biz is competitive and cutthroat, but ISTM that   
   it wouldn't hurt to give credit where due: Mr. Schneier was the   
   running-up in the AES competition, and I use his password-safe program   
   daily, so I doubt that his giving credit to his contributors would   
   damage his reputation.   
      
   Bill Horne   
   Moderator   
      
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