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That’s correct, but it’s not a “monumental waste of talent”
Can you break into Rockstar while in police custody using a fire stick? Didn’t think so.
> Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone. That's quite a feat. > Rockstar Games alone told the court that the hack cost it $5m to recover from plus thousands of hours of staff time. Either the kid is a genius or Rockstar really don't value their security much. Or maybe a bit of both?
> That's quite a feat. Is it? I don't see what the big deal is in installing a chrooted Linux environment (or SSH/RDP client to remote into an external machine) in an Android device? The fact this is even mentioned really smells like they're trying to make this guy sound more skilled and evil than he really is, potentially also to cover up for the fact that the police made an oversight in letting him be around intern…
Installing a Linux environment or SSH client on a Fire Stick in a hotel without access to a laptop?
Not familiar with Firesticks- is there an app in their App Store for SSH?
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define "electronic devices." What about credit cards? aTMs? Self-service checkouts? PIN pads (the things Europeans have to use in stores to pay by card)? Ticket machines and turnstiles? cars? radios? TVS? All of these sound pretty harmless and are necessary to have a life these days, but he did demonstrate that he can use a TV for hacking.
> define "electronic devices." Smartphones and computers, anything with a keyboard and internet connection, and sufficient freedom to go anywhere eon the internet from the device. > (the things Europeans have to use in stores to pay by card I mean those are in every country. PINs are not always needed for credit card purchases but they are for debit card purchases. > but he did demonstrate that he can use a TV for ha…
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I don't see violent crimes as necessarily the worst. Crimes that steal from large numbers of people are arguably worse than many types of violent crime due to the sheer magnitude of lives that got destroyed. If you destroy 10,000 regular lives through fraud you deserve the worst punishment in line with murderers. Although this guy's long sentence isn't only because of what he stole from Rockstar, my commentary is not…
Murdering 10 is okay compared to shutting down a video game company for a few hours?
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I agree he doesn't understand--that's why he's in a mental hospital. He can't understand how to behave in society.
Can society understand how to behave around him? Has society even tried? I'm not working to give up that easily. This is a person with the rest of his life ahead of him; and that life has been locked in a room, and declared his responsibility.
How do you propose, exactly, that society handle a person that openly admits that they'll do whatever they see fit and decide for themselves what rules they'll follow? And we're not talking about minor rules and infractions, we're talking about major ones like 'don't be violent' and 'don't stalk and terrorize women' and 'don't run a doxxing website' and 'don't extort and steal'
Answer me this: _why_ does society need to 'understand how to behave around him' ?
What's the benefit to society?
The guy stands up in court and basically says 'yeah I don't have any remorse and I'm gonna keep doing it because I don't think it's wrong' - why do we need to try and understand that more?
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> That's quite a feat. Is it? I don't see what the big deal is in installing a chrooted Linux environment (or SSH/RDP client to remote into an external machine) in an Android device? The fact this is even mentioned really smells like they're trying to make this guy sound more skilled and evil than he really is, potentially also to cover up for the fact that the police made an oversight in letting him be around intern…
> I don't see what the big deal is in installing a chrooted Linux environment (or SSH/RDP client to remote into an external machine) in an Android device Installing a Linux environment or SSH client on a Fire Stick in a hotel without access to a laptop? Not familiar with Firesticks- is there an app in their App Store for SSH?
I had to read the article 3 or 4 times before I was able to understand that this was in the UK, not in a 3rd world dictatorship.
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The BBC regularly updates headlines after publication (A/B testing for clicks) so it's possible it was the BBC, not the poster.
Updated now. Thanks for catching this.