I'm a Convicted Hacker and Ex Prisoner - Ask Me Anything

I mentioned this on another answer. I can not have children, so for someone to waste a life because they don't want a child angers me. Especially when they could put the child up for adoption to give those who can't have children a chance to be a parent.

I am aware there are issues with women being raped and ending up pregnant, and this is so sensitive that I would preferrer it if you didn't ask me to discuss this.

No worries I understand. I'm not about to try and persuade you otherwise even though I disagree strongly, this is not the place.


Well I hope you manage to successfully adopt if and when you are ready for children. If you want to ask me anything about that then feel free to PM me.

If you had never gotten arrested, would you still be doing illegal or "unethical" hacking?

Yes.

is th3j35t3r the best hacker ever?

I'm convinced The Jester is employed by the FBI. I wouldn't say he's the best though.

Do you consider your arrest a good thing or a bad thing then? As in, do you think you might have done something far worse than you did or far more damaging than you did which might have had far worse repercussions?

I'm convinced The Jester is employed by the FBI. I wouldn't say he's the best though.

I have Aspergers, it was only diagnosed recently. But that explains a lot. I've always had an unhealthy obsession with computers. On my 16th birthday I spent my £150 birthday money on 3 Visual Basic books. It progressed from there. I dropped out of school at 15 because I enjoyed sitting in front of the computer and learning more about the computer than I did to attend school.

There's a lot of things a successful software developer should know. I don't know if I qualify as a successful developer, most of the software I develop is in the Internet Marketing, and Data Analysis field.

But, successful developers NEED to understand Object Orientated Programming. They need to understand Test Driven Development and how to Unit Test. They need to understand revision control, and how to work in a collaborative environment. Git is a popular choice. To many to mention.

I also think its important to focus on one language, and learn that inside out. Know how it works at its core, and not just on the surface. How it uses memory, how garbage collection works etc. For example, in .NET I think its paramount to understand how the CLR works.

Have you got an advanced tip to stop my coinbase being hacked?

http://facebook.com/whitehat/thanks

Go to that page, press CTRL + F, type James Jeffery.

I won't prove anything else to you.

I have always heard the opposite advice: don't get stuck with a language. Professional devs will learn any language as a case requires.

That proves that there is a guy call James Jeffery that did something and was thanked by Facebook. It does not prove that you are James or that you are an actual software developer or any of the other things you claimed. Like we say in TSR: pics or it did not happen.

You have posted on here every year since the creation of your account. I've just run checks on that and you have posted in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. On that basis, considering you were in prison for a spell, did you have access to a computer and use TSR whilst in prison? Just interested to know.

Have you had your account hacked, or are you worried it will be hacked?

I think it's a good thing because I know for certain I'd have done worse things. If I'd have succeed on the attack that I was testing the day I was arrested I'd probably looking at 10 years in prison. I can't mention what it was though.