I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

Post by torpid » Tue, Feb 01, 2022, 1:31 AM UTC

fnord77 wrote: post #50

torpid wrote: post #27

My FBI file was for hacking into my school district's AS/400 that handled my school's attendance and grading system. Somehow using a public IP address with no access restrictions allowed a clear telnet path in from home. Compounding username and passwords that were all the same for every employee. I didn't change a thing, just LOLed and told someone. Bad mistake. This was the late 90s. Oh well, 2 week suspension and…

just curious - has this ever shown up on employer background checks?

Post by worker767424 » Mon, Feb 07, 2022, 9:35 PM UTC

efreak wrote: post #362

worker767424 wrote: post #228

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love how student government teaches you how government really works. The election is a popularity contest for a puppet regime with no real power, but you can pat yourself on the back and take price in the democratic process.

Depending on where you go to school, I think student government actually does have responsibilities with planning events and such, and this gets far more important in college than in k12. In k12, while it's not really meaningful, It's still an extracurricular activity, and at the same time it shows that you can work with others (theoretically) and that people like you enough to put you there. Unless you're in an anim…