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CNN Says Chat Rooms Are a Haven for Hackers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-duh dept.

MiTEG writes "CNN is carrying an article about IRC and how it aids "hackers" with their mischief. There are some alarming quotes from Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane Technologies, such as "people who are anti-big-corporation are going to be more likely to use something like IRC"." Yeah, if they ever hung out in our chatroom, they'd lock us all up for abusing Kurt the Pope.

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  1. Re:CNN is quality media by jargoone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Congratulations. You are the winner of the "FBBCIBP" (First BBC is better Post) award for this story. Woo hoo.

  2. Re:Also used by 'hackers' by Apreche · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Those be in my top 10 list of quotes be. Maybe someone should tell them to our current president...

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  3. Re:CNN is quality media by SplatFileGoo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    CNN=Conservative Network News

    Ever notice how most of the internet stories on the tube help the parent company? Gosh, in this case, that would be AOL and it's AIM/ICQ alternative to IRC.

    Or how about two weeks ago on nbc's The West Wing where they made fun of net forums (I think they snipped the words "slashdot" from the transcript).