Ask HN: Why are hackers today so insecure?
Reading through HN&#x27;s headlines it is hard not to notice that most discussion is generated around countless &quot;threats&quot;. The government, the NSA, piracy, patent trolls, banks, other countries&#x27; governments, big corporations, etc., etc., etc. This is not what one would expect from a creative community. A hacker is supposedly someone who is enlightened about the power of their own creativity. If you are focused on creating something, none of these &quot;threats&quot; would matter. So what&#x27;s the reason for attributing so much power to these external &quot;forces&quot;, none of which have ANY intrinsic power beyond what you give them?