There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays
replyHN has always discussed business
replyThat seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related.
replyWhat part of that said "defense?"
replyThey can both be bad.
> Great, now we're defending embezzlement
replyI might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams.