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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
Mel
Problem is (from my understanding) this isn't what Lamo does. He doesn't do buffer overflows or any of those sort of exploits. He simply types in a URL in his web browser and accesses supposedly private web pages that are wide open to the public.

The breaking and entering analogy is kinda weak th...

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