See, but even the swatters are script-kiddie equivalents. Most of the ‘computer nerds’ that some people in this thread are fetishizing / waxing nostalgic about were just following advice and guides of much more capable adults in the various industries. So if any smart person starts releasing guides about the drones’ systems, then sure, we’ll see some kids hack them, but I doubt we’ll see it happen, considering the drones’ rarity and limited access for most folks.
Maybe I have too much faith in today’s youth and their capacity for tech.
Sadly, I think maybe you do. 15 years ago, sure. Today, most of these kids aren’t using real computers. They grew up on Android or iOS devices, they’re using Chromebooks in school. They don’t actually know what a filesystem is, they don’t actually know what a network stack is. They’ve never just messed around with an os or pirated a video game.
I don’t think it’s the kids though, I guess I’m just pretty cynical about the current state of technology. It’s advanced a lot in the past couple of decades, but I’m not sure it’s really improved. It used to be that computers were a powerful tool that we could take advantage of, and they could make things easier and be a lot of fun to play with too. These days it feels like we’re the tools and the technology is taking advantage of us. And I think this generation that grew up on mobile devices has it the worst. Tech has really been able to sink its teeth into this generation, and they can’t escape it.
You say this, but there was that autistic kid that fucking hacked rockstar with a fire stick so hackers will always be around, but they probably always be the most autistic people you have ever met
It’s true, there’s always the exceptions, the edge cases. But if I’m thinking about this statistically, who’s likely to breach this first? How many hackers from column A are hammering on this, how many from column B? I just think state actors and corporate interests are in fact the thing to watch out for. There just seem to be much fewer gen z computer geeks than there were millennials.
Heh, maybe the problem started when they changed their name. They aren’t “Apple Computer” any more, they’re just “Apple”. That must have happened somewhere around 2005.
State sponsored actors? I’m 30% on that, 70% on one of the kids doing it. Maybe I have too much faith in today’s youth and their capacity for tech.
Most kids are too fucking dumb. The blyats will do it.
Could be some incel hackers from 4chan. Like people who engage in swatting would like this.
See, but even the swatters are script-kiddie equivalents. Most of the ‘computer nerds’ that some people in this thread are fetishizing / waxing nostalgic about were just following advice and guides of much more capable adults in the various industries. So if any smart person starts releasing guides about the drones’ systems, then sure, we’ll see some kids hack them, but I doubt we’ll see it happen, considering the drones’ rarity and limited access for most folks.
Sadly, I think maybe you do. 15 years ago, sure. Today, most of these kids aren’t using real computers. They grew up on Android or iOS devices, they’re using Chromebooks in school. They don’t actually know what a filesystem is, they don’t actually know what a network stack is. They’ve never just messed around with an os or pirated a video game.
I don’t think it’s the kids though, I guess I’m just pretty cynical about the current state of technology. It’s advanced a lot in the past couple of decades, but I’m not sure it’s really improved. It used to be that computers were a powerful tool that we could take advantage of, and they could make things easier and be a lot of fun to play with too. These days it feels like we’re the tools and the technology is taking advantage of us. And I think this generation that grew up on mobile devices has it the worst. Tech has really been able to sink its teeth into this generation, and they can’t escape it.
You say this, but there was that autistic kid that fucking hacked rockstar with a fire stick so hackers will always be around, but they probably always be the most autistic people you have ever met
It’s true, there’s always the exceptions, the edge cases. But if I’m thinking about this statistically, who’s likely to breach this first? How many hackers from column A are hammering on this, how many from column B? I just think state actors and corporate interests are in fact the thing to watch out for. There just seem to be much fewer gen z computer geeks than there were millennials.
Maybe Apple Computer colluded with the United States government dumb everybody down to keep themselves safe safer Who Knows lol
Heh, maybe the problem started when they changed their name. They aren’t “Apple Computer” any more, they’re just “Apple”. That must have happened somewhere around 2005.
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