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Leet Speak On The News - Very Dangerous Online Code

youtube.com — Warning to parents: You child may be using a very complicated and dangerous language called "Leet".

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  • MattR, on 10/12/2007, -5/+288Its reassuring that the “cyber detectives” are all over it, I’m a tad bit safer now
    • DirtyWorker, on 10/12/2007, -25/+248Think of the parents™! And I specially like how they reefer to it as an "Underground culture"...

      What is it with the USA? They create fear everywhere, no wonder the United States is screwed up.
    • Lyanto, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21Where's Ric Romero when you need him?
    • birkoph, on 10/12/2007, -28/+10http://www.learnleetspeak.com leetspeak101

    • griz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+46Anything unknown will always spawn fear. For parents, this is an unknown, and therefore to them it is a reason to be fearful of what their child may be using it for.
    • jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+40This is like the 4th time on digg, and its as lame as it was back then. THe news always ***** up anything that has to do with computers, internet or technology.. bunch of morons
    • Aceanuu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+59LMAO at this new report. Uh oh, I'm speaking in code! *gasp*
    • toast1226, on 10/12/2007, -11/+211|)4Ng3|2, |)4Ng3|2, W|11 |20|3|N50N!
    • FogDogg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+68heh, they have no clue what they're talking about... Wish news reporters would actually take the time to research what there reporting.
    • retral, on 10/12/2007, -3/+185Since when are acronyms considered leet?
    • z00k, on 10/12/2007, -8/+52Oh god... I have given up hope on our past generations.

      -Zook
    • Tricky, on 10/12/2007, -4/+128They'll still never figure out "haxx0r pwn j00 noob"
    • jpwhitmore, on 10/12/2007, -24/+7omg
    • ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+70Ugh, this is why I don't like watching Channel 10 news here in central Ohio anymore. The retardation their reports spread is unfathomable.
    • D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -4/+69|/|00|35!!!1111
    • EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+64Did that kid just show his parents his chat logs? O_o I don't know about you, but I prefer not to have someone looking over my shoulder when I'm talking to people normally.
    • carbonetc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+58It's amazing how local news manages to stay hip after all these years.
    • cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -14/+40The report was sensationalist and over reaching. The extent to which this is "dangerous" is far less than they espouse. However, their point is valid. Very few parents know what the ***** pwned means, or lol, or roflmao, or anything like it. I'm a parent, and if I weren't a computer geek by trade I'd probably not have a freaking clue what leet speak is. I'd imagine most of us agree here the best way to protect a child on the Internet is to give them the tools to behave properly on the Internet; knowledge and the ability to make good decisions. However a ten year old is going to make some pretty stupid ass decisions, its part of growing up. So in the end a responsible parent will not allow their ten year old to use the Internet without checking in now and again. If said parent just attributes leet speak to some silly little nothing, they can be kept in the dark. I guarantee you thousands of little ***** are using leet speak right now to minimize how much info their parents can garner from their emails and chat sessions. If a parent is taught to google some leet speak words now and again so they have a clue, the report did some good.

      Sensational and over-blown? Sure. Good point? Absolutely.
    • PunkRampant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40haha I love the ignorant media.

      "Looks like a slow news day."

      "Yeah, we should take something completely insignificant and blow it out of proportion to make a good story."

      "What about those kids and their newfangled internets?"

      "That's it! Let's make it sound like teens are conspiring against us... again!"
    • TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23So wait, there are internet predators, online fraud, identity theft, and a pelethra of other online criminals that lurk the sticky web of the internet yet the only thing these asshats could do a story on is the dangers of "Leet Speak"?
    • night141, on 10/12/2007, -3/+112I cannot believe that kid, "1337SP34k can lead to danger..."

      Oh yes, 1337speak is just a gateway drug. Next thing you know he might be committing more heinous atrocities, like coding in Java!

      I hope his Apple catches on fire.
    • airstrike, on 10/12/2007, -9/+7@TheReport

      a pelethra? now you're just making words up and we all know that's not 1337.. it's called a plethora.
    • Monolith2, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26Soccer moms are about as scary as islamic jihadists. Best if we just kill both of them.
    • 4NDr01D, on 10/12/2007, -17/+1 / /\ \ /\ /\ /\
      / \ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
      / /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
      /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
      /\\\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
      /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
      /\ /\ /\ \ /\\ /\ /\

      /\\\\/\ /\\\/\ /\ /\
      /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
      /\ /\ /\ / /\ /\
      /\\\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /
      /\ /\ /\ / /\ /\ /
      /\ /\ / / /\\
      /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
    • KniteWulf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+43ask him what this means:

      ZOMFGROFLCOPTERSOISOISOILOLOLOLPRINGLESFTWBBQ
    • mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+24>>Oh yes, 1337speak is just a gateway drug. Next thing you know he might be committing >>more heinous atrocities, like coding in Java!

      Well the dangers of Java might actually make a decent story, or at least a better one than this.
      Parents beware! You kids may be coding in a bloated and useless language! Go buy them a C or C++ book to solve this problem!

      Anyway, i laughed my ass off. I love how they make up anyone who can 5p331 1||
    • KniteWulf, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2For those of you who wish to have a comprehensive guide on the original 1337 speek:

      http://files.tagworld.com/24e6b8d6f4a24279be0b6b7fda0e4ff3.jpeg
    • knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7wow. i can't believe they sensationalized it that heavily.
    • TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14"@TheReport

      a pelethra? now you're just making words up and we all know that's not 1337.. it's called a plethora"

      My bad what i meant to say is a pI3thor4
    • reticulate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Leet is largely ironic these days. I can't believe anybody would actually take it seriously, much less admit to their mum that they use it regularly.

      Yeah, all his friends use it. Says a lot about him.

      Noob.

    • kubudubudubuntu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"if you keep them away from leetspeak and check in with them, then you will reduce the number soon-to-be cyber criminals that are destroying the US's economy"
      Thats really the mentality =/.

      Detective on the case of leetspeak? o.O
    • signal15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45l33t speak is a gateway for your kids to start doing PHP. Most teens who use l33t speak will try PHP at least once. Some will go on to do it all day, everyday.

      Talk to your kids now about the threat of PHP if you haven't already. It may be too late. Just be direct, and ask them if they've used PHP before.
    • jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23This is one of the many reasons I look at the news with suspicion and disgust.

      Teenagers have NEVER BEFORE in history used slang that their elders didn't understand.

      It's all the fault of that damned internet. It must be banned.

      Sensationalism is one thing. This is pure fear mongering. This fat azz "cyber-detective", who is probably on a first name basis with JACK-*****, is telling everybody how important he is, how ignorant everyone else is and how the gubberment is going to take care of you by putting ***** traing wheels on your brain.

      I am so sick of fear mongering bastards like the media, law enforcement and, politicians.

      GET IT:==> IT AIN'T ABOUT YOUR SAFTY, IT's ABOUT THEIR CONTROL.
    • JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6My roflcopter goes soy soy soy !
      (Type that into windows' text-to-speech or put it as your phonetic in vent if you don't get it for a small nice surprise.)
    • frukt, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Jesus, every day I see something on the web or in papers that makes me cherish the fact that I don't live in the US.
    • bennybertow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Let's digg it up to 1337 diggs, shall we? It's at 1270 already...
    • blitzkun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15@Benny (and for others):

      http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/631/1337cp3.png
    • coresnake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6cyber detective..?? hes using an online convertor! waitta go DICK tracy!

      in another matter though, that guy's mom is hot..
    • ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"wat ya up 2?" and "lol" listed amongst the offensive leet speak.

      And how about that tool they show on the video? Wow.
    • mrfreeziexp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+64re y0u h0m3 4lon3? W4nn4 h4v3 ghey secks?
    • jbrevik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Does anyone really take local news seriously. What a ridiculous story.
    • da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3so by the same reasoning kids learning french is dangerous if the parents don't know it
    • RandomSkratch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1OMG this is quite possibly the funniest digg story AND comment page I've ever read!

      Pure nerdyness...

      I heart digg
    • TheDarkTipper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1lol, 4343 7|-|475 1337||355!!1! |/|`/ |-|4
  • BlackSheepx, on 10/12/2007, -35/+2|||73|2||37 = |_||||)3|26|20|_|||D!
  • jacobo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12600H 5H17!
    • idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4SnVzdCBsZWFybiB0byByZWFkIGJhc2UtNjQuIE5vIHdvcnJpZXMh
  • d00by, on 10/12/2007, -41/+18umm,im a teen and i have no idea what half of those expressions mean that they mentioned on the show. I played counterstrike, everquest, and i program as well, and I have never heard anybody refer to it as l33tspeak or whatever.
    • Naga10, on 10/12/2007, -8/+45I'm a teen, too, but there's no way I type like that. I used to use l33t all the time. Now I just find it completely retarded, so I don't use it, and yell at people who do.
    • jus1haz2, on 10/12/2007, -24/+6lol... then you dont play counterstrike or didnt back in the day...
    • Ignignokt01, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22I like how they consider it an actual code, rather than just a bunch of nerds doing stupid *****. Its not like its trying to hide anything, l33t is visibly similar and easily recognizable as lEET
    • insaneavocado, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I agree, I didn't know what half of those meant and the "1ee7" is something you can just pick up by looking at the shape of the symbols. Either way I NEVER see "leet" anymore except being used to make fun of someone.
    • Gizza, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Exactly! Thats the point, the letters are replaced by numbers that look similar. Its not that hard if u look at it a while to tell what it says. And all the other stuff they were talking about is simply acronyms or shorthand which is used to minimise the amount of typing we need to do and this speed up conversations.
    • rifkida, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Maybe you're going into the wrong field ..1337 is very important part of programming...
    • phort99, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2WTF, it truncated my comment because I put a left carat in... No more 1337 for me on Digg! :( It should just escape the text...
    • narduk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1must be all those d00bies you been smokin'
  • plasticgonads, on 10/12/2007, -7/+53god.. people are so stupid sometimes..
    • flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3yeah, just more out of touch assholes.
  • wafflesomd, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8I haven't luaghed so hard in a long time.
  • bultaco370, on 10/12/2007, -11/+71hi are j00 home alone?
  • pilotvaughn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+70"It could lead to danger"
    • kingcam, on 10/12/2007, -6/+99No, no the best is "Leet is a type of computer language,"

      Uh last time I checked computer language looked like this 10111011001, and by the looks of it that police officer would be screwed if we all started talking in binary.
    • Thud, on 10/12/2007, -51/+2"Uh last time I checked computer language looked like this 10111011001"


      Ummm, no.
    • expiredmeatbag, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39from now on my aim conversations are in binary, just to throw them off
      /paranoia
    • TonySki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4101000010 01001001 01001110 01000001 01010010 01011001 00100001 00100001 00100001
    • libbydib, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5401010100 01101000 01100101 01111001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101101 01111001 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01110011 00101110
    • rdoger6424, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25010110010110010101110000001011000010000001110011011000110111001001100101011101110110010101100100

      Damn, I have no life
      edit: wtf, how did 2 binary posts get before mine?
    • directedition, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"could lead to danger." I got the feeling he was about to take a breath before continuing, but whatever he said must not have matched what they wanted him to say. "but so can the use of any language."
    • muffinmanpoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3101010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01100010 01101100 01100101 01101101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100111 01110100 01101000 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100001 01100111 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00101110
    • orientis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1501010011 01101101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01100001 01110010 01110011 01100101 01110011
    • unidentified, on 10/12/2007, -3/+43You guys are newbs....

      00110000 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110000 00110000 00110000 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110000 00110000 00110000 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110000 00110000 00110000 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110001 00100000 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110000 00100000 00110000 00110000 00110001 00110000 00110001 00110001 00110001 00110000 00100000
    • H3g3m0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+390x48 0x65 0x78 0x20 0x69 0x73 0x20 0x6d 0x75 0x63 0x68 0x20 0x6d 0x6f 0x72 0x65 0x20 0x31 0x33 0x33 0x37 0x21 0x21 0x21 0x31 0x31 0x31 0x6f 0x6e 0x65 0x6f 0x6e 0x65 0x65 0x6c 0x65 0x76 0x65 0x6e
    • redfox2600, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13546861742077687920796F752075736520686578

      edit: guess someone beat me to hex as well.
    • idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14QkFJIFVTSU5HIGEgYzBtYmVuNGNpMG4gb2ZmIEJhU2U2NCB1bmQgTDM0dCB0M2h5IHdpbCBOM0Iz
      UlJSIHVuRGFyNXRhbmQgbTMzPyEg
    • n00bst3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25I could look in my C manual and figure out all the binary above but for some reason I just don't give a flying *****.
    • hexydes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Sorry, I just saw that we transitioned from binary to hex, and figured it only appropriate to post here (see Digg username). :)

      P.S. I couldn't speak hex to save my life...not since I stopped programming for my TI-83 in ASM 10 years ago, that is. =
    • jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2>>"It could lead to danger"

      So could going to school. Some kid with a Uzi could air out the place.
    • GravisZro, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2aSBhZ3JlZSwgYmFzZSA2NCBpcyB3YXkgbW9yZSBlZmZpY2llbnQuICBtb3JlIGVmZmNpZW50IHRoYW4gYWN0dWFsbHkgdHlwaW5nIHRoZSB3b3JkcyE=
    • rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17... .... ..- - - .... . .... . .-.. .-.. ..- .--.
    • dDuk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+501000011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110000 00100000 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00111111
    • paulmike3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21111001011001010111001100101110
    • SPARTACVS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+101110101 01101110 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100101 01100100 00100000 01110000 01110111 01101110 01110011 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00101110
  • zbilly, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21this is the dumbest thing i've ever seen.
    • jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Stick around. It gets better.

      Wait till you get a load of Digg's tin-hat society.
  • RichPowers, on 10/12/2007, -4/+75I was once a journalism major but after extensively watching the local news networks, I decided I didn't want to throw my life a way inventing new ways of scaring people. I don't care if you live in Seattle or *****, Wyoming: the local news SUCKS. Now I'm a geology major and feel I'm doing something productive for society :)
    • pong3d, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4local television news sucks everywhere...cable news sucks most of the time...read the news if you want to learn something
    • rdoger6424, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Keep on looking for manbearpig
    • phaed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i knew more than a few unemployed geologists
  • crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -44/+5*makes a clogging the tubes joke*
  • Asianwaste, on 10/12/2007, -4/+62I'm sure pedophiles ask directly, "Hi are you home alone now?"
    It's like a date rapist who'd use this line: "Hi, does this smell like Chloroform?"
    • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27Meh, I usually just use the "hey, does this drink taste like Roofies," line myself. Works surprisingly well on blondes.
  • dixonr315, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17lol I love when local news covers some kind of "breaking" tech story.
    • MuZiKMafia, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Its always interesting to watch the news try to explain a subject that they "know", but don't fully understand or experience in their daily life. Not to be negative, but their lack of true understanding of the culture shows.
  • gr0ss, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24That's the leetest news reporting I have ever seen. Marked as Ownage.
  • Yashar, on 10/12/2007, -8/+32Heres some dangerious code for ya:

    STFU
  • persecuted, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15is there anyone who really uses hardcore leet speak in a aim conversation with friends? It takes far to long to make a sentence that would even moderately confuse "adults".
    • goldenmug8, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5Seriously, if I were to talk in full leet speak, It would take my forever to type it out. The most I ever use is along the lines of lol, rofl, g2g, etc...

      If you use anything more complicated than that, I feel sorry for you
    • MuZiKMafia, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1your picture looks familiar... Have i seen it somewhere before?


      (yeah, i know that's totally irrelevant)
    • ElMoselYEE, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5well obviously you guys aren't l337 enough.
    • petroK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12the problem is they are confusing 1337 with internet slang...
  • Phil246, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17must have been a really really slow news day there.
    Besides, real geeks all rot13 code their text nowadays, twice! :)
    • rdoger6424, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7lamer. I use a quadruple ROT 104 algorithm.
  • goldenmug8, on 10/12/2007, -15/+1w0w, l33t speak is more like acronym speak. Its actually pretty easy to read, I don't see how it is 'covert' at all. We're just a huge time ahead of the last generation ...
    • griz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5It is only covert if you are using it to thwart someone running a dictionary search on a packet sniffer. If a person is reading it, then it is pretty easy to decipher.
      Once it becomes well known and documented you can just run a |337 dictionary search against a captured stream of data to check it for useful information.
    • cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16"We're just a huge time ahead of the last generation ..."

      A "huge time ahead"? If this is an example of how one generation is ahead of the last, then we're totally *****.
  • Jo9100, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3fkn. stupid. statesider. medias. hate them.
    • kerrybreyette, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0we do, too. well, most of us do.
  • sscamatt, on 10/12/2007, -7/+38We should start worrying about languages such as japanese and chinese. They may pose a large threat to our children.
    • Jo9100, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5stop burying that everyone, this is IRONIC !! sorry there wasnt a label written "Please read with an humoristic tone* ;oP

      @sscamatt
      I like it lool
    • rifkida, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1How do you figure that Chinese and Japanese will pose a larger danger? Is your son/daughter working in a manufacturing plant? If not, relax buddy, their "job of entitlement" will still be there for them years down the road.
    • kazuhima, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@rifkida

      no, its only chinese.
    • WorldGroove, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13皆さんは危ない!
  • halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38internet safety expert? how do i get that job and what schooling do you need.
    • spudnic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34I think this report makes it apparent you don't need any at all
    • Broelke4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22schooling requirements?
      If you can plug their network cables back in, you're hired.
    • YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10You just need to know the following...
      The mouse? That ain't a foot pedal, that's why it's on the work surface.
      Modern keyboards do not have that carriage thing on top that moves back and forth.
      In most cases, you don't need to wear a seatbelt while using the computer.
      'Surfing The Web' does not involve the beach, waves, or friggin' surfboards.
      No one says 'Cyber' anymore unless they're making a too-late attempt to be hip, or are being ironic.
      If you're using IE, I don't care if you have a popup blocker, you're still considered, what we call in leetspeek, 'pwnt'.
      It doesn't matter if you have Windows or Mac, you're still going to get pwned, only in different flavors if you don't know what your doing.
      You're welcome, and will be receiving an invoice for my services.
    • dhughes, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2 lmao..oops I mean yes that got my attention too, I mean wtf! oops again. Oh well, they're keepin the tubes safe I guess.
  • Flyinace2000, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Wow
  • macbookpromat, on 10/12/2007, -11/+11'|/| |)4||63|20(_)5 ? |-|0// ?



    ***** no slashes!
  • millerm277, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27That is hilarious.......and shows just how little news stations actually know.
  • briguymaine, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33slow news day. no more ps3 shootings to talk about.
  • RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36I don't think 1337 sp33k was "designed to keep parents in the dark." It's been around for a long time, and it's just used by n00bs to sound 1337.
    • dougsnell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Glad I'm not the only one who found that humorous.

      Man, can "mainstream" media twist things to no end. They're more dangerous than the lamer script-kiddie-wanna-be kids they're referring to.
  • tont0r, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10i felt embarassed just watching this.
  • thidranki, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19they even got the origins of leet speek wrong.

    I hate the news
    • noamsml, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, they were partially correct. 1337 was used (AFAIK) by hackers and the such (an, nowadays, by spammers) to prevent automatic searching/matching of their messages while retaining public readability (no need for encryption). So, while it's easy to find the word "hacking" in an email message sent through your server (for example), it's hard to find al the variations of "h4xoring", "haxoring", "|-|/-c|c1||g", "h4x0rz1ngz", etc.

      Mind you, I could be wrong.
  • bokchoi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+89Up next: Is your child "pwning"? How your child's innocent game may emotionally scar another child for life.
    • OpCzar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26I concur, being raped on counter-strike is not pleasant :-(
    • macbookpromat, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4Ha I spent about a month being pwned before I finally learned how to play the game! I'm not scarred, I just knife people for fun!
    • airstrike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14@macbookpromat

      j00 |053 47 7h3 1n73|2N37
  • tetraelement, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0this would be the same as if you were speaking another language with someone. so should parents be worried they their kid is taking spanish in school and that it is potentially dangerous?
  • Aldaron07, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3I'm disgusted to know 1337 5P34|< is being utilized by the MySpace crowd.
  • mucha7012, on 10/12/2007, -19/+2Y@ u kno l think i'm pr3tty 1337, but l don;t kno 2 much 1337 spe@k. l @lso pl@y l0ts 0f g@mes! :D
    • KniteWulf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2157fu n00b. w3 d0n7 w4n7 70 h34r j00r 57upid c0mm3n75. b7w, 7hi5 i5 7ru3 1337, 4nd 3v3n i d0n7 u53 i7 4nym0r3. 3xc3p7 wh3n i m4k3 fun 0f n00bs.
    • PRlME, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ahh haaaaa..he owned you!
  • irrationalman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2it's nice to say news focused on such important things....
  • diggerphelps, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html
    • sephiroth965, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Lol, listen to this sh*t:
      "Popular hacker software includes "Comet Cursor", "Bonzi Buddy" and "Flash"."
      "Computer hackers are often limited by conventional computer hardware. They may request "faster" video cards, and larger hard drives, or even more memory. If your son starts requesting these devices, it is possible that he has a legitimate need. You can best ensure that you are buying legal, trustworthy hardware by only buying replacement parts from your computer's manufacturer.

      If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well."
    • sephiroth965, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Haha, here's some more:
      "If your son spends more than thirty minutes each day on the computer, he may be using it to DOS other peoples sites. DOSing involves gaining access to the "command prompt" on other people's machines, and using it to tie up vital internet services. This can take up to eight hours. If your son is doing this, he is breaking the law, and you should stop him immediately. The safest policy is to limit your children's access to the computer to a maximum of forty-five minutes each day."

      "BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone."
    • noamsml, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Um, it's a joke. It's not real.
  • scratt, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18Next up... Your children are learning a foreign language at schooll... THIS IS DANGEROUS!!!

    If you hear your child saying "J'taime" on the phone to their weird European friends, lock them in their room and throw away the key!!
  • littlegidding, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3people are so scared of what they don't know, because they feel like they need to know everything. Ignorance is torment for some. It's a shame, too, cause they tend to be the ignorant ones.
    people need to relax.
  • AHippie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Who can't read "my p4r3nts 4r3n't h0m3"? It's not that difficult to see the connections between numbers and letters...
    • JoCliMe, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2I don't think it's hard for us to read since we've seen it so often...and probably even written it a few times...like...how hard is it to read cursive once you learn it. Though very difficult before you know it.
    • narduk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11if their parents aren't home...
  • samadam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14This is my home town news! (central ohio)

    They are possibly the most sensationalist news I know of. But i am sure they are not alone. They literally do things like "chemical in all food is deadly...more at 11." I just laugh.
    • jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I live near there. They are Psyco. "Your Purse could be killing you and your Family, More at 12"
      "Are online games making People More violent? Will You lose your child to the internet?"
      Those are real...
    • mattknow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I live right near columbus...
      they're right it's dangerous....
      the news station... not 133+ 5p34k
  • JoCliMe, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6I'm in your machines...reading your 1337z
  • L2006, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2They make it seem so badass.
  • MrMcGuire, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11|-|47 //45 4 834|_|71/=|_|1 []D13
  • ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
  • Naga10, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2I used it before it was cool.
  • xenonflash, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5As each day goes by, I am hating the term "leet" more and more. (Upcoming sarcasm alert.) It was just created by noobz who wanted all tha leet doodz to think that they have skillz.
  • throttlefull, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Honestly though, what does it matter what kids say online to their friends.
    If they are going to say something they are going to say it anyways, just in person, when parents arn't around. The only thing trying to control a kid's online activity will do is basically make the child close up his personal life completely away from his or her parents.
  • Heretushi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27If ANYONE ever uses this "leet speak translator", I'll ban him from my IM list forever.
  • xshaisu, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3nifoc?
    • voxel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23I've been using the intertubes for quite some time now... and I had no freakin' idea what "NIFOC" was... apparently it means "nude in front of computer"...
      That's just disturbing... I'd be telling parents to be more worried about seeing "NIFOC" on the screens than LOL or !337$P34K...
    • Pyrogen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It sounds like they're mixing the pedo subculture with online acronyms and a little dose of l33t cause l33t SOUNDS bad.
  • ssmith2k3, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1nifoc = naked in front of [the] computer
    says urbandictionary

    lol
  • IpHa, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15If you really didn't want people to know what you type, just use binary!

    01001001 01100110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100100 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01110111 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01110000 01100101 01101111 01110000 01101100 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01101011 01101110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110100 01111001 01110000 01100101 00101100 00100000 01101010 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110101 01110011 01100101 00100000 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100001
    • flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4kinda redundent isnt it?
    • TheChihuahua, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Please tell me you didnt actually take the time to write something there...
    • demonthises, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I prefer hex. It's much more compact.

      68 69 20 34 72 33 20 4A 30 30 20 48 30 2F 5C 2F 5C 20 34 31 6F 4E 33 3F
    • Gizza, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php
    • muffinmanpoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+900110100 00111000 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110111 00110111 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110110 00110010 00100000 00110110 01100110 00100000 00110111 00110101 00100000 00110111 00110100 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00110010 00100000 00110110 00111001 00100000 00110110 01100101 00100000 00110110 00110001 00100000 00110111 00110010 00100000 00110111 00111001 00100000 00110010 00110000 00100000 00110110 00111000 00100000 00110110 00110101 00100000 00110111 00111000 00100000 00110011 01100110 00100000
    • mtxe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2or you can do "LEET" binary:00110001 00110011 00110011 00110111
    • Mugsleymug, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1since when is there a space in binary?
  • smaisch, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1"The document would not be possible without all the ...
    Quake 2 through Counter-Strike, the readers of Shackne ...
    used to chat with. Without the original Simple Leet Spe ...
    1337 5p34k was lame, there wouldn't be any Simple Leet S ..."
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