[Vanhackspace] CBC - The Current - hackers at work

[David Eaman]

I'd be a bit careful here.  Have you listened to The Current?  It's a 
hard news show and they might be digging for 2600-type stuff , "scary 
young wizards of anarchy in their dungeons, dismembering our fine 
upstanding institutions" rather than Make Magazine things.  Just a 
thought...
m david

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/"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is 
sure." - Mark Twain/ 



Graham Mitchell wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> I haven't participated a whole lot in VHS save for the first couple of 
> meetings where things were being set up - mostly lack of time nowdays 
> - but I've been lurking on the mailing list since then. Just thought 
> I'd pass along a message from a neighbor of a friend who's with the 
> CBC and is looking for stuff to add to an upcoming story on The 
> Current (morning radio show on CBC Radio One) re: hackers at work 
> (i.e., in the workplace). The examples given don't seem to demonstrate 
> much in the way of technical knowhow but I imagine she'd be interested 
> in more technical stuff (at least of the variety that can be reduced 
> into layman's terms) as well. Anyway, here's her message:
>
> ---
>
> So The Current, a big time national show here at the CBC, is doing a 
> story on cyber hackers or cyber gurus at work. People who have the 
> best intentions and are really computer savvy and find ways to work 
> around some impossible situations set up by the company.
>
> They get through firewalls in the name of efficiency.
>
> There's an example of a women who was frustrated with never being able 
> to get her crew into courses. she found an online version and gave the 
> course herself and certified them herself.
>
> Another guy was frustrated with the performance management objectives 
> set out for him, so he found another way to set goals by researching 
> online and send those to management. after being scoffed they ended up 
> adopting the alternative system.
>
> Do you know anyone who's done stuff like this? Who work in an 
> impossible machine but figure out ways to get stuff down outside the 
> system of the machine?
>
> Let me know either way.
> Cheers
> T
>
> Theresa Lalonde
> Online and Interactive Reporter
> CBC Vancouver
> 604-662-6455 o
> 778-839-5520 c
>
> facebook = Theresa LalondeWork
> twitter = @lalondetcbc
>
> ---
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham
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