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Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

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Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

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He might just be the guy who understands technology, privacy and cryptography. Or is that too much to ask for?

Andrew Yang knows about it, check him out https://www.yang2020.com

Isn't this the guy that just said that within a generation white people will be shooting up Asians?

I'm not sure how writing off a demographic of people not even born yet is going to go for his campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQNiiC0AzA

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

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I hope nobody uncovers the naruto fan fiction I wrote in my teens when I run for political office.

You joke about it, but it is kind of scary that some obscure tweet or facebook post one did in their teens might be used against them when running for (whatever) public office...

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Andrew Yang knows about it, check him out https://www.yang2020.com

Isn't this the guy that just said that within a generation white people will be shooting up Asians? I'm not sure how writing off a demographic of people not even born yet is going to go for his campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQNiiC0AzA

Yang is going to gain steam. Might give Kamala a run for her money. I recommend you check out the Joe Rogan interview.

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

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I hope nobody uncovers the naruto fan fiction I wrote in my teens when I run for political office.

Just be glad you're not a furry!

(He says, remembering all the times he's had fun hanging out with furries... those guys know how to party!)

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I hope nobody uncovers the naruto fan fiction I wrote in my teens when I run for political office.

You joke about it, but it is kind of scary that some obscure tweet or facebook post one did in their teens might be used against them when running for (whatever) public office...

It's probably a lot like having a diary you wrote when you were a dumb kid in high school being picked apart by the media and senate as a measure of your ability to do a job as 50+ yr old.

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

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If anyone can show that Beto has a hard copy of the Anarchists' Cookbook I'll vote for him twice.

Why would he? I'm sure he downloaded it so he didn't have to pay for it, like all of the cracked games he was getting. Sounds like he was phreaking and stealing from long distance companies, too. I wonder what war dialer he was using.

> At the time, people connected to bulletin boards by dialing in to the phone lines through a modem. Heavy use of long-distance modem calls could add up to hundreds of dollars a month. Savvy teens learned techniques for getting around the charges, such as using other people’s phone-company credit card numbers and five-digit calling codes to place free calls.

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