| In middle school we had a “computer” class where we’d learn how to type, as well as navigate a computer. This was Windows 2000 days. As a prank, my friends and I would do the following: * Hide all the icons on the desktop * Trigger an error message * Take a screenshot of the whole screen * Open the screenshot in MS Paint * Carefully paint over the error message to say “You’ve been hacked.” * Change the desktop background to be the screenshot above * Restore all the icons. You’d end up with a convincing looking error message that wouldn’t close, obviously. The next class, the teacher lectured us for 45 minutes on the definition of “script kiddy” vs. “real hacker” and how we should be embarrassed. This made the whole thing even funnier. It’s true though, I was a script kiddie. |