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The cynicism I've gained over the last 7 years tells me that there's an agenda being pushed there.
EDIT: To elaborate. I'm not arguing whether "the agenda" the author has is good or bad, but it's off-base. If you're reporting on a story, you really should leave your feelings about the story at the door. It's not like the story isn't interesting enough! If this were an op-ed, then that's one thing. But the "sensationalist reporting aside" and "we can't help feeling sad" and then pointing to... the UK's education system... it's clearly not objective. You're not presenting facts and facts alone, you're presenting facts with your opinions mixed in.
Just look at what the author invited into his comment section with that:
Blatant sexism.
Groomer accusations.
Disparaging of neurodivergence (neurodiversity? IDK if that's still the right term). Hacking into companies and bragging about it is something even neurotypical teenagers do.
Anti-education screed.
Do I even need to say anything about this one?
Yes, that's because they aren't doing any reporting. It's commentary. That's the point of it. The actual news they're commentating is this article by the BBC. It's Hackaday, not Reuters.
I suspect our schools are failing us if we don't even know how journalism works.
I don't think it's an agenda, I think it's just poorly delivered. The facts are:
Teen hacks corps using a Fire Stick.
Teen has done something novel with proprietary hardware.
I think it's safe to assume that he's intelligent and creative based on those two things. With proper guidance from the right kinds of people (including parents), someone like that could eventually put those talents to use on someone's Red Team, or working with an intelligence agency, rather than doing something illegal to stretch their wings (fuck big corporations, but the law is what it is).
I don't think it's unreasonable to note that his talents will be wasted by grinding him down in the justice system.
Agreed on all. I just wish that Hackaday presented those points as well as you did, and followed up on them with, for example, criminal justice experts, psychiatrists, educators, etc. The article has none of these, it doesn't gather supporting evidence to make an informed opinion, it basically reads like a very long tweet.
This article might help shine some light on some questions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66549159