[lrvick]

In the early 00s my hyper conservative helicopter parents found my Livejournal where they discovered I was into "hacking" and social activities they didn't approve of.

They eventually confronted me and said I must have all internet postings passed through them in the future, or shut it all down.

What they didn't realize is the modem PCI card in their desktop was a LAN-over-RJ12 card hooked through the walls directly to my machine where I maintained the always on dialup connection and served it to them.

I had a complete MITM on all their internet traffic.

After their demands were made, I simply served them fake copies of all my online web presences that revealed final messages that I was closing them down to respect the wishes of my parents.

The rest of the world saw the continually updated versions, and I was never caught.

Now I work in infosec.

[brutusborn]

Thanks for sharing, it made me smile.

Makes me feel for parents with a predisposition to anxiety. I recently started telling my parents about all the times I snuck out after dark as a child and they were horrified. This is the (very sophisticated) digital equivalent.

[spacemanmatt]

I escaped out my window a bit, too. But the digital gaslighting we applied to a malicious teacher in the 90s was next-level and I now I'm infosec-adjacent.