Now I know what you are thinking, that this article must be a joke, or
that I must be writing it out
of anger because of something that has happened to me. Well yes I have
first hand knowledge of
the Scene whores, however I haven't been directly involved with one for
a couple of years. This
is spawning off of watching other relationships, and seeing many scene
whores come and go, that
have their reasons. If I had to speculate on why they do it, I would say
a majority of them
don't realize they are, that it is something in their sub-conscience
making them do it. Whether
it is for popularity in the "scene", or they think they will learn more
by sleeping their way
up the hacker ladder. This article is not a joke. They are a real
threat. They waste our time,
ruin friendships, cause chaos between hackers, and generally ruin
periods of our life. A sure
sign after being compromised by a scene whore, after they are are done
with you, is when you
go to talk to friends you have neglected during the period of
compromise, and they say "Welcome
back, we missed you". However, what has to be figured out, is how to
make there never be a period
of time like that.
Scene whores can be found in several places. I think a very common
one is on IRC. Other
places like 2600 meetings, Conventions (Like Defcon),
and even meet them through your friends, who may have met them in the
above mentioned ways.
Some very unlucky guys get scene whores right from the start, when they
first turn into it.
The scene whore has decided that Hackers look glamorous, or they find
out how large your salary
is, compared to hers, her current boyfriends, or even her parents
combined. We are a rare species
I suppose, we are in an age where we wear what we want, we don't
necessarily need a college background,
we are making 6 digit figures, and setting the rules for our selves.
Anyway you look at it, scene
whores can look and think that we have power, money, and we are the
stereo typed "cool". Some of
us are all of the above, and into drugs, and many girls find drugs to be
an attractive feature.
I don't have a lot of experience with scene whores and drug related
things, as I went a different
direction and stayed away from most of the drug scene.
There is a very classic approach that is seen in most cases. This is
an easy one to
see coming, if you do a little history research about the possible scene
whore before you
get involved. The Ladder approach is what I like to call it. In most
cases when dealing with a ladder,
you start at the bottom and work your way up. Just like the scene whore
does. They try to get
networked into the scene by finding someone who knows something, or at
the very least, knows
someone who knows something. If they are good looking, or partially good
looking and easy, they
have no problems with this approach. There is one good thing to say
about the majority, most of them
learn something on the way. If nothing else, they usually learn what the
internet is, how
to IRC, how to login to NT, and maybe even how to work IRC under a
non-windows platform. They
will go with bottom rung hacker for a little while, and then once the
scene whore has met enough
of the hackers friends, or actually gets to be known a little bit, and
meets a few people on their
own, they find someone more interesting.. Someone who seems smarter, and
has more friends, or
has been in the media more, or has some noted accomplishments. Usually
this person is a friend,
or acquaintance of the first hacker. They move on, and this usually
destroys the friend with the new
target, and the old target, as well as with the scene whore, and the old
target. One term
scene whores should learn is, be nice to hackers on your way up, because
you will be seeing them again
on your way up again. Hopefully we can start identifying scene whores
quicker, and securing ourselves
against them quicker, and put them out of commission.
In the above mentioned method, scene whores can make it up just a few
guys, or make it along
dozens of people. You can get a good idea of how many people scene
whores sleep with by reading
the Hacker Sex
Chart. You
will notice some scene whores with a dozen or more links on there. You
will notice some very
well known people on that list, and notice even they got sucked into the
claws of a scene whore before.
Scene whores who sleep around, and think that sex will gain them
knowledge find out in the end
that they are just worthless whores who had a good time, and probably
picked up more diseases
than knowledge.
There are other methods.. Or lack thereof, that scene whores use.
Some are not in it just
to get to the top. Some are in it, just to meet as many people as they
can, and have as much "fun"
as they can. These are Good looking scene whores, to the nastiest of
scene whores. There is always
a hacker, or a perhaps a drunk hacker, that will do the nastiest of
scene whore. These ones are even
worse than the Ladder Climbers, as they usually tend to sleep with more
people, have less commitments.
Well, this depends. They aren't as bad as the ladder climbers in the way
that they don't consume as
much of the hackers precious time, and usually don't make people leave
their friends. These girls
do however tend to breakup more friendships than the ladder climbers, as
they cover more ground.
The friendships that were strong usually get repaired though, as they
quickly realize she was a scene
whore. These scene whores are usually detected a lot quicker than
others.
Then there are the extremely ignorant scene whores. The ones that
make the other types look
intelligent. These are the ones who watched the movie 'Hackers', and
have only heard about
the criminal side of hackers. They want to get into it for the feel of
doing something bad. Thinking
they will find a group of hackers that can get them millions from a
bank, or do something so illegal
that it turns them on. You know the types, the types of people who get
excited at the thought of
doing something naughty. Like having sex in a church during Sunday
morning gatherings. These scene
whores usually only end up finding stupid web site defacers, who
introduce them selves as hackers,
when they are really mistaken, and are just script kiddies and crackers.
Sometimes these hackers
actually do something illegal, and the scene whore finds it very erotic
and loves it. A few weeks
later the Cracker is arrested, and the scene whore testifies against
them, and the cracker gets
fined, spends time in jail, or ends up without their computer for years.
Now the hard part is.. To determine which ones aren't scene whores.
The ones who have been with other
hackers, but are true and honest, and like you for who you are. I can't
say the best way to determine
this. I think it is easier to just try and detect the scene whores, and
eliminate them, than to try
and find a way to detect non-scene whores, if that makes any sense to
you. There are cases where
the non-scene whore had legitimate relationships with other hackers, and
it just happens that you are
the right person for them. The fact that you are a hacker has nothing to
do with it. They aren't
out for your money, for your friends, to be in the news papers, or to
see you commit crimes on
computers.
There is a possibility I am looking at this all wrong, and of course
most of this is based off
of what I have seen, my thoughts and opinions. There are hackers who
like scene whores, because
they know it won't last, but it is like an adventure. However the
hackers who like the scene whores
usually leave time for their friends, and don't get swallowed up by
them. However, these hackers help
contribute to keeping scene whores around, and eventually the scene
whores they let stick around,
will end up ruining some other hackers life, or a period of it anyway.
Last, I contemplated doing this article for some time. It is a
controversial subject,
especially because of what I mentioned in the preface, that it seems
biased against woman,
and that it generally applies to them, and because of the number of men
Vs. the number of woman
that are real hackers, and because I have never seen a guy go around and
sleep with as many hacker
woman as he could, I can't really put the article into that perspective.
On another note, just to reiterate
what I said in the start, this article is not about you, or anyone you
know. It is not about anyone period.
It is about the concept of scene whores, why they do it. I would have
added in on how to stop them,
but the only way to stop them is to identify them, and to control
yourself. Think with your head,
and not any other part of you. As well, if you do happen to get in with
one, get health insurance,
because it could do serious damage to your heart.
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