If people knew the kinds of things I did and said online in my youth I'd be cancelled too.

Kids do and say stupid things. Kids get into trouble.

This is especially true if you grew up with a keen interest in computers, programming and for some reason, gaming.

I had interest in programming and never tried to exploit someone elses systems. What stopped me was knowing that it would "wrong thing to do", that it would be unethical. People here will pontificate for hours over kids reading less or whatever and then turn around and treat activities like this as a proof of something positive.

There are plenty of kids who are not acting like, well, entitled assholes. They have interest in programing, gaming, computers and enough impulse control to not do these. It is not something positive - even if you grow out of it.

Getting cancelled is one thing, gaining security clearance and unconstrained access to everyone's health/tax/social security/etc. data is another.