Graham Cluley points out a simple hack in Hacker’s List leaks its secrets, revealing true identities of those wanting to hack that matches 25% of the requests to Facebook accounts.
Well, it is a site for people who need to hire hackers so their lack of security skills isn’t surprising.
Cluley and others make much of the usual requests being unlawful. True but given the conduct of the government and the average business, I’m not sure why that is a trump card.
The better reason to avoid pedestrian offers to undertake illegal activity is:
On the Internet, no one knows you are the FBI (or other law enforcement agency).
It’s not much better in real life. Every publicized “murder for hire” in Georgia for the last year involved the hiring of undercover police officers. If someone you don’t already know offers to kill someone for money, it is nearly certain they are a police officer.
And the FBI is scurrying around in real life trying to find people who make good terrorist defendants. Beware of people offering to procure explosives, instructions on explosives, providing transportation, urging you to make statements about causes in the Middle East in general or ISIS in particular.
The best way to start reading current news from a jail cell is to start telling others what you want to do about items in the news. It’s lawful from some groups or opinions to glory in wholesale slaughter of innocents, not for others. If you are in the “not for others” group, don’t throw away your life by letting your mouth overload your brain. That won’t benefit anyone.
Bear in mind that revolutions aren’t won by narcissists who get on the evening news. No, revolutions are won by those who labor in obscurity knowing their cause is just and will prevail. Sometimes that leads to newsworthy events, but they don’t seek them out.
Besides, not seeking publicity drives governments crazy. They are certain that danger lurks under every bush and shrub anyway. Not being able to find real danger makes them all the more frantic.