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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 2002-03-27
Anonymous
I think waiting a few weeks to tell is a little extreme. I think 3 days max is sufficient to truly know if a problem exists in the system. If someone intruded a network just for finding bugs, I dont think they should be prosecuted if they caused no harm, but if its for good, the company should be ...

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