His business card was a lockpick set, this was years ago...but I still remember someone showing it off!
Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
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Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#22If you send him $10 cash in the mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope, he will send you back one of his business cards, which is a lock pick set. One of my most prized possessions.
I also have that business card and also it is a prized possession haha. I met him at The Last HOPE in nyc about 10 years ago ( it wasn’t the last hope in the end) and got one there. Almost lost it at airport security once so I keep it at home now.
>Almost lost it at airport security once so I keep it at home now.
You can bring tools under a certain size through the TSA.
"What's this?"
"My lock pick set"
"Why do you have lockpicks in your bag?"
"For work. They're not sharp."
And with that, after a brief eyebrow raise, I was on my way.
(Though I got the sense they thought I was with the men in black or something, but hey, uh -- be the change you wanna see in the world.)
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#23As someone with a software development background, I always found legal language very interesting. It is like a very verbose, programming language. All sorts of words and phrases have very specific meanings that, when arranged in a certain order, produce specific, reproducible outcomes. Sections of contracts and laws reference other sections by name and reference, and the whole document (or set of documents) gets int…
I have felt this way as well and wonder why we can't encode laws into some sort of machine code and study it, test it, iterate it, debug it, and optimize it like we do with computer programs.
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#24His business card was a lockpick set, this was years ago...but I still remember someone showing it off!
I'm pretty sure it still is, I saw a variation of it with the KnowBe4 branding a few years after I snagged the first one. Kevin is a bit of a polarizing figure in the "scene" more so now than he used to be, still he was one of the first people I saw with this unique card (though it's since been replicated).
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#25As someone with a software development background, I always found legal language very interesting. It is like a very verbose, programming language. All sorts of words and phrases have very specific meanings that, when arranged in a certain order, produce specific, reproducible outcomes. Sections of contracts and laws reference other sections by name and reference, and the whole document (or set of documents) gets int…
I have felt this way as well and wonder why we can't encode laws into some sort of machine code and study it, test it, iterate it, debug it, and optimize it like we do with computer programs.
The space of things that can happen is just too large. You need a human, or some other neural network, to make judgment calls.
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#26Kevin, if you're reading this you still owe me $500
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
PUT KEVIN BACK
>>FREE KEVIN > PUT KEVIN BACK Registered a throwaway over Tor just for this thread. Kevin shouldn't be in prison, because prisons should be abolished, but be careful where you put... that . There's a notorious story about him being physically ejected from a fundraiser for refusing to pay the entry. (Redacting some details to stick to the fun parts) On my end, I was working my way up to maybe flirting with someone I'd…
> I was in the corner being aggressively hit on by John "Cap N Crunch" Draper
I recall being specifically warned about him early in my conference attending.
Dudes creepy as all fuck. At later events he was eventually banned.
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have felt this way as well and wonder why we can't encode laws into some sort of machine code and study it, test it, iterate it, debug it, and optimize it like we do with computer programs.
The space of things that can happen is just too large. You need a human, or some other neural network, to make judgment calls.
But perhaps we can study the past judgement calls and relate them to which words were chosen.
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#29If you send him $10 cash in the mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope, he will send you back one of his business cards, which is a lock pick set. One of my most prized possessions.
I also have that business card and also it is a prized possession haha. I met him at The Last HOPE in nyc about 10 years ago ( it wasn’t the last hope in the end) and got one there. Almost lost it at airport security once so I keep it at home now.
I met him briefly years ago at CES, it was like meeting a childhood hero. I confess I was really excited..
Re: Kevin Mitnick Hacked California Law in 1983
#30If you send him $10 cash in the mail with a self-addressed stamped envelope, he will send you back one of his business cards, which is a lock pick set. One of my most prized possessions.
what is his address