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Saturday, March 08, 2008

Article on Teenybopper Hackers

From Dark Reading: But Boyd says such conventional wisdom overlooks a burgeoning community of young teen and pre-teen hackers who still want notoriety among their peers, just like the hackers of old. "They want to be famous," he says. "Not just known among their peers for their technical knowledge, but 'American Idol' famous."

Ah, the shallow trappings of fame with none of the technical chops to back it up. Discuss.

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