Do you think most people who enjoy black hat hacking also want to become white hat hackers?

[cloverblanket]

Hi everyone! Sorry I only speak English (and some French) so I have been translating the posts on this forum as I am really interested in the discussions here. I just wanted to post my own question, I'm just curious how many people who enjoy black hat hacking actually hope to one day work in infosec or something where they can use their skills legitimately (I mean if they don't already, since I'm sure some people wear both hats). Any thoughts?

 

[Nytro]

Hi, welcome, post something so we are sure you are not a bot. 

There are not too many blackhats around here, we are the poor whitehats. But there was one person with billions of dollars (that's what he said) teaching us how to be reach at some point.

[cloverblanket]

On 11/9/2025 at 4:48 AM, Nytro said:

Hi, welcome, post something so we are sure you are not a bot. 

There are not too many blackhats around here, we are the poor whitehats. But there was one person with billions of dollars (that's what he said) teaching us how to be reach at some point.

Thanks for the comment! I am not a bot haha 

Do you think that a lot of whitehats have dabbled in blackhat at some point maybe out of curiosity or just learning?

[Nytro]

It is not worth it to be blackhat. You can get enough money being whitehat. 

[netanyahu]

On 11/12/2025 at 8:12 AM, Nytro said:

It is not worth it to be blackhat. You can get enough money being whitehat. 

 

Yeah, let's normalize being let go every once in a while, live in a constant stress.

Security teams are being disbanded in each and every company, replaced with cheaper workforce from Pakistan, India and so on, this is the reality we're living in right now. Even if you get enough money, it's still not a normal situation.

 

AI AI AI AI FTW!

 

Maybe it's time to switch sides, being a white hat isn't worth it anymore imo. 

 

[cloverblanket]

On 11/14/2025 at 7:32 AM, netanyahu said:

 

Yeah, let's normalize being let go every once in a while, live in a constant stress.

Security teams are being disbanded in each and every company, replaced with cheaper workforce from Pakistan, India and so on, this is the reality we're living in right now. Even if you get enough money, it's still not a normal situation.

 

AI AI AI AI FTW!

 

Maybe it's time to switch sides, being a white hat isn't worth it anymore imo. 

 

That's a fair point. Do you think switching sides would be difficult for some? I mean in terms of feeling bad?- or do you think its easy to turn that off?