We have seen this scenario before, and we know what could happen next.

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Before we know it, we could all be ancestors of evil.

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There may be more involved, but we'll have to wait before we know just how serious the move could be.

ENGADGET

Before we can begin to play with any technology in this low-tech way, a fairly deep knowledge base needs to be in place (think about how much we needed to know about computers before real hackers could be born).

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