The Like/Hate Thread

[Tyr]

No, you fucking idiot.

My point is that, like hunger and war, hacking is almost inevitable.

That doesn't mean you don't get angry about slaughter in war, or the fact that there is hunger, but I don't come in here every time something goes wrong in the world to say 'man, I hate war.'

It's assumed.

Do you honestly think think I'm saying killing innocent people in public executions (which, by the way, had nothing to do with anything I said) is okay?

Oh hey, another thing I hate: fucking false equivalence.

When I think about the dudes that do the hacking, these are probably guys that work like 12+ hour days, doing incredibly mindless, repetitive jobs generating e-currency through hacking so that they can scrape together some yens. They probably go home late, alone, to some shitty apartment/hole in the wall/basement, and do what they can to eat and rest before they sleep so that they can wake up the next day and do the same thing.

It's hard for me to hate such people - even if they inconvenience me. It's not as if it's personal, so while I may get angry at them - and while I may not like them - I don't hate them. Especially when the only reason they exist is because WoW Users keep buying gold.

e: And again, the only reason why you get hacked is generally because you fucked up and clicked something obviously suspicious or answered one of those phishing e-mails, aren't running a virus-guard, don't have your username saved in the top box (keyloggers can't record what you never type!)...

Just quoting that part about mercenaries of my argument is fine and dandy seeing how it's extreme, but the TV thing is spot on. This is a Like/Hate thread. You post what you like/hate. If you hate war, why not express yourself in a like/hate thread?

Also calling me an idiot is uncalled for as I have done no personal attacks against you bar the statement that you yourself stated. If you can't take commenting on something as basic as your own statements, you should stay clear of public forums.

Justifying it by saying it's "just another nine to five" job is bullshit. So is pickpocketing. So is burglary (except for the time frame). Crime is a job too and most people who are criminals tend to work for it as well. What a ludicrous reasoning. "The darkest hour never comes at night" and down to it it's your decision whether or not you would do it.

"You can avoid it if you know what you're doing", christ, it's nearly impossible to guarantee that you wont get hacked in your lifetime. You even saw how Vad had to trace the website, name me once where you had to do that. Also, anti-virus isn't flawless in any shape way or form. I lost a critical e-mail because it was flagged as from a phishing site when in fact it was a warning telling me someone was attempting to get my account from me. Did I get to see that? No, because it was too hard for the anti-virus to notice the difference.

Also saving your password/username is dumb, because like Vad says, everyone can retrieve that cookie and see it if they know what they're doing. Try it yourself if you got an automated log-in process:

Firefox,
go into Options, Security and click the tab "Saved passwords" (that's the name for it in Danish).

Username, password, all on your computer. Enjoy.