>Jubair and Flowers who both have autism, gained access to the data by tricking a phone help desk worker.

What does this have to do with anything in this article.

amiga386 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It's a magical superpower.

It kept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon from being extradicted to the USA. Apparently the courts don't accept "your opsec is shit and I got in with default passwords", but they do accept "I have autism"

Let's try it in action:

- "Mr Wallace, we have several credible reports that you harrassed TV production staff by going around with no underpants on, and finding excuses to take your trousers down. What do you say to that?"

- "Did I mention I have autism?"

( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx24lxl85wyo )

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Aurornis an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The article is reporting on what was discussed in court: Autism, suicidal tendencies, living with grandparents. These were all probably brought up as elements of the story meant to influence the verdict.

Take it up with lawyers.

	▲	Der_Einzige an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The chris chan special.

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masfuerte an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Schrodinger's hackers. They are simultaneously autistic and skilled at social engineering.

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d-us-vb 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Autistic people are unusually good at studying patterns objectively. While each individual person is... an individual, studying a sample from a population yields patterns, and thus the justification for the "social sciences". While autistic people may struggle with in person communication and upholding norms of human interaction, they do not generally struggle with understanding game theory, motives, and other aspects of rational decision making. So they can indeed make brilliant (and ruthless) social engineers if only when hiding behind a computer keyboard.

	▲	watwut a minute ago \| parent [-]
		That is not autism, that is sociopathy. Autism does not turn on and off when you can gain something from it. In your telling, autism is an excuse when they abuse others, because they cant help themselves. But, when it is for their benefit, the same person actually displays higher social skills.

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voidUpdate an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Autism always makes your kids into sociopathic hackers, as we all know. They are also always top of their class in maths and bad at interacting with people

	▲	rapidaneurism an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Unless it is to trick them into resetting a password over the phone that is

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inigyou an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Helps spread memes the BBC wants you to believe. Namely, autistic people bad. See, this is why I think the BBC needs to go.

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Steve16384 an hour ago | parent [-]

Why on earth would the BBC want or care for people to believe that? Are they in the pay of the anti-autism league? We're through the looking glass people!

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inigyou 40 minutes ago | parent [-]

I don't know but they've been spreading this kind of thing for a while. See also how they report on the middle east.

	▲	GJim 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Would you like some fish to go with that chip on your shoulder?