I did the same shit as a teenager, big fucking whoop. How about we focus on the Nazi part of this asshole.
DOGE official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software.
Submitted 1 month ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 weeks ago
While I wholeheartedly agree this is “meh” compared to everything else, this isn’t nothing.
If you were to try to get a job with even basic security clearance for a site in the US, and it came up that you were hacking at 19 years old, you would not move forward.
It’s a fact-based merit that under normal circumstances would result in termination if it was found to have not been disclosed previously. So pointing it out is still important.
All that being said, disclosure is the key. If it was disclosed, it’s a judgment call, and, well…
Also, @Eheran@lemmy.world
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Counter point, how would they possibly know unless you were federally investigated in some way.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Absolutely a fair point.
timewarp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So now you want people to hate BitTorrent cause someone used it that works with Elon?
dan@upvote.au 1 month ago
I don’t see any mention of torrents in the article?
j0ester@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He must be too young to know what Warez sites are.
timewarp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I said torrent because it is common to download & share content. My point was that I really don’t fucking care if some pirates content. It doesn’t influence how I judge them as a person.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Nowhere in the article does it say anything like that. It’s pretty straight forward reporting - the guy ran some websites and distributed pirated books and software, and hacked a few websites. No judgements are passed, it’s just factual information.
timewarp@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wasn’t referring to you specifically… I was referring to the journalist that wrote this crap. It is pointless. There are actual character flaws like participating in dismantling the government & ignoring the constitution.
void_turtle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Stop trying to make me like these assholes
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I can’t be outraged at DOGE for something I would do/currently do. That would be pretty hypocritical.
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Yeah, but this reminds me of a line from game of thrones:
“If you’re a famous smuggler, you’re doing it wrong.”
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
The only problem I have with this is that I refuse to think of some teenager hanging off of Elon’s coattails as famous. In four years when the next president kills DOGE, nobody is even gonna remember who this kid was.
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He sounds like a real asshole
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I’m sure they will grow out of it, by the time they turn 21.
stefenauris@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
Professionals is a bit of a stretch here lol
PanArab@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Stealing from corporations is the only good they done and by chance
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
he was a musk cultist so i bet he was a leecher too.
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
So they’re worked up over THAT, of all things?
peteyestee@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Reminds me of those Mafia people that snitch and start working for the government.
lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sounds to me like he was just fulfilling the prerequisites for his current gig… 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Traitor.
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Digging up 10 year old nothing burgers? What the fuck is wrong with you? Do you not have real problems with real Nazis? Who the fuck cares that this guy did shady stuff as a teenager >10 years ago?
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Eheran@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What a crime, being born later. We really need to focus on actual issues if we want to have the slightest chance to wake Trump people up.