I consider myself a Netizen, hell, even an Internaut. I have been crawling the web ever since i saw a classmate hack through the proxy to get internet - in 2000!
Its been some years now, and i have seen the internet progressively degenerate into three levels:
1. The commercial - where information is handed out piecemeal, Nation, take a hint. Look how standard is doing in terms of hits. How could you start charging for content? Did you hope that like Standard, you would get more revenue? Ever since idunno when, The Standard Online was locked out, for subscribers only. Evidently, this strategy didn't work that well, so they changed tact, and opened it up. Nation, with more hits than any other site, decides to lock up? Call it a paradigm shift!
Everywhere else, same story, lock, unlock.
This level is free for all, not the safest, but hey, nowhere is safe, right?
Very little information, most of it commercial.
2. The Wannabee level: Where all the pseudo-hackers, script kiddies and malicious n00bs come to rest, and flex.
Wanna crack for software? Wanna learn how to hack? come to this site! the banner announces!
Free everything! the banner further entices.
You have won $$$$$! click Here
What most netizens don't know is that just pointing your browser to these sites launches a tirade of malicious code flowing into their browser cache's and eventually into the machines, lying dormant, sniffing all your traffic until the fateful day when the machine starts to cough and emit serious GIGO Nonsense.
This layer is slowly creeping upstairs, to the open level - free screen savers- click here! 180Solutions must be laughing all the way to the bank(accounts)
Most recently, the KenyaIpo.com site responsible for online Safaricom applications was hacked through. earlier, the African Cup Of Nations site had been hacked by some Moroccans. This is the best example of the underground coming up. Africa Hoyee!
3. The free. as in freedom of information.
Not many know about this level.
This level is probably responsible for all the innovations in IT.
This is the level where Linux was created.
Wimax got developed
The most hated by and attacked by 1. above, remember dzportal?
The one that gives rise to 2. above.
Created by retired/advanced 2. above.
The Hacker network. (I know you know what a hacker is all about?)
To get here, you navigate through 2. above.
One of my first posts was about my experiences while navigating 2.
Yes, back to rapidshare.
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