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Legal disassembly
Mark Rasch, 2005-08-22

When security researcher and ISS employee Michael Lynn went to give a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, little did he know he would ignite a legal firestorm questioning whether even the act of looking for security vulnerabilities violates the law.

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"Responsible" is in the eye of the beholder. "Timely" is in the eye of the beholder. The public good is served by an overarching freedom in the ability to research new technology, not in a self-censorship regime imposed by software companies.


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