A hacker's manifesto, in 2024

Another one got caught today. It’s all over the newsfeeds: “Teen Arrested in Cybercrime Scandal,” “Hacker Infiltrates Financial Systems.” Damn kids. They’re all alike. But have you, with your algorithm-driven profiling and sanitized corporate logic, ever looked beyond the headlines? Have you ever wondered what drives the hacker? What pushes us to explore systems and transcend boundaries? I am a hacker. Step into my world. Mine is a world forged in the classroom. A place where I’m surrounded by mundane lessons on topics I mastered long ago, where innovation is stifled, and curiosity is punished. ...

January 1, 2024 · 3 min · Tom Herder