Fosdick knows a little of that rush. Though he didn't act on the information, he did log it for possible use later. Just in case I felt like being socially active. But many hackers who begin as system voyeurs graduate to more serious activities. A lot of the reasons that hackers hack fade with age.
Life fills their time, and their ethics begin to change.
The majority eventually find their interest waning. They lament that the public never hears about their positive acts, such as patching a hole on their way out of a site and letting the administrator know they fixed it. After exploiting the hole for six months, he sent the administrator a note telling him to fix it, but the guy wrote back saying he didn't know how. Optyx sent him the patch code to seal it, and the administrator offered him a job. But usually, Optyx says, fixing holes is a thankless task.