I think the term is as much a comment on maturity as it is literal age.
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bobman@unilem.org 11 months agoWhy are script kiddies always, kids?
Not a single child I knew growing up knew how to program.
AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
bobman@unilem.org 11 months ago
That’s the thing. It’s a comment on maturity, not literal age.
StinkyRedMan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s the point script kiddies refers to young peoples with low to no technical knowledge using tools made by other peoples.
bobman@unilem.org 11 months ago
But that’s why it’s misleading.
Most of the people writing these scripts to exploit known vulnerabilities are not young. It’s just an insult to people who write scripts.
kevinbacon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The skiddies are the ones using the scripts, not the ones writing them…
bobman@unilem.org 11 months ago
Right. Using/writing, my point still stands that most of them are not kids. It’s just an insult because it doesn’t require much effort, but has nothing to do with youth.