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I agree with Marcus Ranum, it is a dumb idea to idolize 'hackers'
#4-from Ranum's "The six dumbest ideas in computer security".

One of the best ways to discourage hacking on the Internet is to give the hackers stock options, buy the books they write about their exploits, take classes on "extreme hacking kung fu" and pay them tens of thousands of dollars to do "penetration tests" against your systems, right? Wrong! "Hacking is Cool" is a really dumb idea.

http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/
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