RIP Kevin. Too young to be gone. I only met him once but he was definitely one of a kind and his story inspired a lot of people.
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#12Miserable. Godspeed, Kevin.
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#13Is this real?
I'm asking the same, Wikipedia page is not updated and based on the note he died on Sunday...
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#14I'n guessing the hug of death will be forthcoming for this site: http://web.archive.org/web/20230719235437/https://www.dignit...
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#15Can we get a black bar?
To reach moderators, email hn@ycombinator.com with your request.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>
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(I'd just made this suggestion via email on seeing this post.)
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#18Aw this is a bummer. RIP. I'll never forget reading The Art of Deception in high school.
RIP. Same here, I read the whole book on a Sony Ericsson W810i Walkman cell phone in high school. The phone I read it on had a 176x220 pixels tiny little screen. Book was captivating.
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#19RIP - He was a role model to upcoming social engineering folks,
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#20He's social engineering his way through the pearly gates now. Rest in peace, Kevin