Inside the Hacker's Profiling Project (NewsForge)
Inside the Hacker's Profiling Project (NewsForge)
Posted Nov 4, 2006 4:45 UTC (Sat) by proski (subscriber, #104)In reply to: Inside the Hacker's Profiling Project (NewsForge) by BrucePerens
Parent article: Inside the Hacker's Profiling Project (NewsForge)
Maybe we should fill the questionnaire to change the perception of the hackers as computer criminals?
Posted Nov 4, 2006 11:46 UTC (Sat)
by i3839 (guest, #31386)
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"There is a worldwide massacre on bugs going on. It's believed that the people responsible are so called 'hackers'. They refuse to give up and are already planning their next attack. It's a dangerous and fanatical group."
Oh well, it would be nice, wouldn't it? ;-)
Posted Nov 4, 2006 13:06 UTC (Sat)
by man_ls (guest, #15091)
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Every few months I like to be reminded why I stopped reading newspapers and now get my tech news from specialized places like LWN.
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Wow, the questionnaire is really inane. Witness section A-d): socio-economic status, with just one question:
Inside the Hacker's Profiling Project (NewsForge)
d) Socio-economic status:
I'm sure most "hackers" will answer this one honestly. Then one day you see in a newspaper a heading like: "85% of hackers come from a high socio-economic background" and you wonder how did they come to that conclusion.
1) What is your socio-economic status?
Low
Average-Low
Average-High
High