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What was hacking like in the '80s and '90s? (lemmy.ca)
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I have somehow found myself doing a lighthearted talk on retro hacking this Wednesday. Would anyone here happen to know anything about it?

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[โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's not hacking. Most languages have the ability to send mail from any mail address. Poweshell example -

Send-MailMessage -from bill.gates@microsoft.com -to you@yourmail.com -subject "fuck you" -body "no really fuck you"
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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago

    My point was really how there was little to no verification on SMTP servers back then and that you could send mail with a simple terminal program, or, more practically, a script.

    Not hacking, but using knowledge of the insecurity of SMTP servers of the time, to allow spoofing easy spoofing.

    Not so easy to find SMTP servers to do that with now.

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