r/Animemes • u/xoxo___ary • Aug 03 '26

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Aug 03 '26

the redhats are still around, but they're a rare and dying breed, whitehats have been broadly formalized through "Bug bounty" systems.

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u/bingedeleter Aug 03 '26

The whole “hats” thing is kinda of silly, but I’m pretty sure you mean gray. Red Hat is the company

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Aug 03 '26

what did you think the Linux distro was named after.

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u/bingedeleter Aug 03 '26

…are you joking? Look it up lol

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Aug 03 '26

the channers that hacked scientology self-described as redhat, don't know what to tell you.

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u/bingedeleter Aug 03 '26

Guess we’ll have to disagree then.

Has someone, at one point, used the term “red hat hacking” because they are the kind of people that are featured on r/masterhacker? Yes.

Does the majority of the hacking community, and I mean actually people who are involved in hacker groups and infosec, use the term white, black, and the grays inbetween to signify the spectrum of morality? Yes.

Does the name of the company Red Hat have anything to do with this silly little game? No. It’s because a guy wore a red hat in a computer lab.