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Panel Debates Hacker Amnesty
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-03-25

Should hack-and-tell intruders who warn companies about security holes do time with hardened criminals? Security experts probe the ethics of hacking.

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Panel Debates Hacker Amnesty 2002-03-26
Anonymous
This gets to the heart of it, though. There is nothing wrong with testing a lock you have a legal right to use. If you find its quality lacking, you have the FREEDOM OF SPEECH to inform others (see www.consumerreports.org). However, others have PROPERTY RIGHTS which prohibit you from testing the loc...

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