Hackers are charitable in ways that might surprise you. Whether it is in Africa or rural Arkansas, hackers find ways to use their skills for good reasons.
Jake Daniel and Jason Kent return to The Hacker Mind to discuss the various ways hackers are helping society by contributing to charitable organizations … even starting their own. From BSides, to DerbyCon, to Shmoocon, even on the Apple App Store you can find evidence of their hard work.
Vamosi: Jinja is a town in southern Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria, near the source of the Nile River. It is Uganda’s fourth largest city, having once been its capital, and it’s about 50 miles east of Kampala, the current capital of Uganda.
Today Jinja is known for its tourism. its whitewater rafting, kayaking, and quad biking. It is also known as the unlikely epicenter of a small but growing group of hackers.
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