This is the world we are headed to, it seems, since people are unable to resist becoming organized according to the digital architectures that connect us. The only way out is to change the architecture. - Jaron Lainer
I use this quote to start this blog and this picture of Hackers next to it because of what I read this statement is correct. Hackers was a movie that made it seem so cool about hacking into computers to get what was needed and they ran around with backpacks making hacking cool and hip. Well, not really.
Another great quote from Lainer that spoke volumes to me and I see this as truth was "this is that a lot of information made available over the internet encourages players to think as if they had a God's eye view, looking down on the whole system.
What hacking has done in some ways, has created many different types of problems. 1. Hackers are viewed as threats and responsible for everything that is going to happen now. The 2600 News piece makes a great point that the uneducated and the mass media will continue to stereotype these attacks on all hackers. 2. The God argument that Lainer makes. We feel that the internet has given us information to educate us and has also empower us. Too much. We continue to believe that everyone needs to change and governments need to as well. Granted, yes some governments we dont all agree with but why is it anyone's business to tell everyone to change? Cause someone on Twitter disagrees with you? Some of the empowered have become drunk with power. 3. The growing number of groups on the rise. This will be a issue as time goes on. The rule of " Monkey see, Monkey do" will come into play and fast. One group will try to out duel another for the best hack.
I believe hacking has a place. To inform people and to assist in helping the authorities catch the bad guy. But soon hackers will try too hard to push the man out and then the cyber world will change. We need to be more responsible with our actions and how we use the net. We cant be careless.
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