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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

Would you really claim that a script-kiddie won't alter a number or a string in some script?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (2 children)

    For my definition of script-kiddie, its not that they won't change something, they by definition cannot because they dont understand it.

    We may have different definitions here, but that is the one I am familiar with.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I'd say a script-kiddie can modify a script, but only if there's some resource that says 'change this part to do x'. They don't understand why that change does what it does, though, or how to troubleshoot if it doesn't actually do the thing.

    Signed: config file kiddie - I just do what youtube or forum denizens tell me to do until it works. Imagine there's script-kiddies out there that do something similar.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    there’s some resource that says ‘change this part to do x’.

    Arguably, this is just a different type of script.

    I think the real separation is that while you might seek out a few different resources, or try a few alternatives to solve a problem, a "script-kiddie" is likely stuck if the first result in Google doesn't solve the problem immediately.

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