Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help government »
Posted By Progressive 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of the Homeland Security Department seeking someone who could "think like the bad guy." Applicants, it said, must understand hackers' tools and tactics and be able to analyze Internet traffic and identify vulnerabilities in the federal systems.
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CRYMTYPHON7 months, 2 weeks ago
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It is not hard to think like a hacker; one needs only
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a computer, lots of spare time and no character.
The cliche of the 'hacker' who is hired to develope security
systems (or catch other hackers) goes way back in computing;
merging with the plot of using thieves to catch thieves,
hiring safecrackers to build the safest vault, etc.
In other words, it is movie plot stuff .
No sane IT department would let a professed hacker
thru its doors; no competent programmer would consider
a hacker as a peer; no security department would share its
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calitennflo7 months, 2 weeks ago
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I would make a key with three sets of tumblers, each with seven colored tumblers made from the mix of three colors...then require it inserted with the vertical and horizontal references degreed 360 times to complicate where and in what degree it was inserted...then twist it three times the opposing direction a measure amount of degrees to open the software and get into a program.
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A password entry into an operating system is so elementary an elementary student could think better, and also remedy what Washington wants...I laugh though...I can not work for them, as I do not trust them.
And one reason is...they could use their own trunk(fiber optic) seperate from eveyone else, to start with.
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