Comment by Xirdus

Maybe I'm biased by my young age and lack of knowledge but aren't modern day hackers way more anti-social-norms (piracy, crypto, doxxing) and against "the man" (directly antagonizing big tech, E2EE proselytizing, fighting against electronic surveillance, circumventing online ID requirements) than they were back in the 70s-80s? I always imagined pre-internet hackers to be spending their nights messing around with university computers, not undermining business models of leading IT companies, but maybe I'm wrong.