For reference, see the HN thread from a few days ago: "How to write blog posts that developers read": >>43503872
Edit: A few section headers might help. For example, paragraphs 2-6 could be under "Background," then add a header "The Joke" before paragraph 7. "Aftermath" might be good towards the end, too.
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BTW, taking a joke is an important life skill, too. The people who flipped out over a silly April Fool's email need to get a life.
(there's a photo of a Nokia "running" Linux in that album - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruicarmo/16931940010/in/album-... - I got a lot of mileage out of that animated GIF)
My expectation is that laws probably specify that gaining access that you know you’re not supposed to be able to get is probably illegal, but I get your point.
Reminds me, however, of the pen-testers that got hired to infiltrate a court system and got harassed by a prosecutor despite having explicit approval to conduct an audit.
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/59/
Our judicial system is ludicrous.
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As I said there, back in the day I wrote a C++ program that was basically an IM interface on top of NET SEND. Fun times.
The site displays random, ancient videos uploaded from the early iPhone YouTube app, often without people understanding what they were doing.
I tend to err on the side of caution: I don't expect most people to be tech savvy, and I think those of us who are must exercise restraint to avoid trespassing.
