At the risk of writing a "me too" post... me too, brother. Taken to its logical extreme, that line of reasoning implies that if your web server is attacked, you deserved it for not firewalling it properly; if you get hit and killed by a drunk driver, you deserve it for being on the road on St. Patrick's day (or New Year's Eve, ad nauseaum); if you're mugged, you deserved it for not being able to defend yourself.
And you know what? A lot of this computer stuff is pretty complicated. You and I understand what we do because we are either smart, or worked at it really hard, or were indoctrinated in a techie culture, or some combination of the three. Saying nasty things about "kl00l3zz n3Wb33z" just makes it harder for people trying to get by, and that sucks.
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And you know what? A lot of this computer stuff is pretty complicated. You and I understand what we do because we are either smart, or worked at it really hard, or were indoctrinated in a techie culture, or some combination of the three. Saying nasty things about "kl00l3zz n3Wb33z" just makes it harder for people trying to get by, and that sucks.