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• StinkyRedMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s the point script kiddies refers to young peoples with low to no technical knowledge using tools made by other peoples.

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  • bobman@unilem.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • kevinbacon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The skiddies are the ones using the scripts, not the ones writing them…

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      • bobman@unilem.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think the term is as much a comment on maturity as it is literal age.

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  • bobman@unilem.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s the thing. It’s a comment on maturity, not literal age.

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