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Mafia Tech Support

Mzilikazi writes "A story from Wired about performing tech support for the mob, mainly focusing on gambling. Some interesting information is presented about P2P applications. Frankly it sounds like fiction to me (you can already imagine the movie being made -- 'I Was a Hacker for The Mob'), but the story is interesting nonetheless and shows that if you're skilled and determined but have a flexible moral compass, there's a lot of job opportunities out there." I started reading it for the mob references, but kept on reading for the details of how to run an illegal gambling organization.

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  1. yay by notoriousE · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay first post... unethical hax0ring is cool yay

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  2. I helped a couple setup an online casino by Trolling+4+dollas · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't kick their ass either I swear. They paid me pretty well for doing it and I went on my way. Looks to me like their doing pretty well too, they live close by my house and they've got nice cars and the like. Jon Dalton told the big lie, Jeff Probst told all to a friend of a friend. Next episode Jon will tell the tribe that his dad is dying of cancer and he needs the money to pay for treatment or he'll die. It's all fake, what a loser.

  3. How the FUCK is this redundant?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fucking mods

  4. Re:Stupid Excuses by GMontag · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If he lives in NY he is paying plenty of taxes when he spends his money. He is just fooling himself, all he is avoiding is income taxes.

  5. Mandrake... by advocate_one · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Linux - basically cos ms-windows is insecure, too many backdoors and other ways for the Fibbies to exploit, viz "magic lantern" etc.

    Mandrake, cos of the encrypted swap partition... the others can encrypt the normal partitions, but leave stuff on the swap wide open...

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  6. Re:BULLSHIT by Clay+Pigeon+-TPF-VS- · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you see the history channel special on JFK's assasination? Oswald was a patsy. There was a gunman on the grassy knoll and image enhancements of photos taken of the shooting prove it. The Warren Commission was a giant government orchestrated cover up.

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  7. Cliche by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In soviet russia the family does tech support for YOU!
    Woo Hoo, finally.

  8. OK, I'm interested, please contact me. by g0hare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I meet all the qualifications.

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