IHawkMike@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoI wonder how it affected trafficlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1606arrow-down1imageI wonder how it affected trafficlemmy.worldIHawkMike@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
Berlin artist Simon Weckert used 99 phones and a handcart to create a “virtual traffic jam” on Google Maps
minus-squareAnti-AntidotelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down4·7 months agoBlack hats are typical hackers, white hats are ethical hackers. So grey hats are just morally ambiguous hackers
minus-squarewitx@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-27 months ago Typical hackers Screw that, go check the original definition of hacker. Those who do bad business with computers are “black hats” not “typical hackers”
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoOf course you’re right, historically. But since the word hacker came to mean both good and bad in the general publics mind, this is where we are in 2024. We can’t fight it.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoAnd not just in 2024 grey hats and white hats have existed for quite some time now.
Black hats are typical hackers, white hats are ethical hackers. So grey hats are just morally ambiguous hackers
Screw that, go check the original definition of hacker. Those who do bad business with computers are “black hats” not “typical hackers”
Of course you’re right, historically. But since the word hacker came to mean both good and bad in the general publics mind, this is where we are in 2024. We can’t fight it.
And not just in 2024 grey hats and white hats have existed for quite some time now.
thanks!