I don't think many people would understand the days of the old internet. Back when you skirted everything through IRC chats, sharing files scattered into pieces that needed to be compiled, renamed, and combined. Or, even finding hidden links to things in a webpages source file.
We had so many little tricks that even savvy people who didn't participate in the coding/hacking part were privy to, because back then we were communities that shared everything — especially information.
People traded those valuable skills for convenience. Which is understandable in a way but has also made them so much easier to control.