Blaming the Good Samaritan

Blaming the Good Samaritan
Houston Carr, 2008-09-26

In the early 90's, I attended an academic conference in Hawaii. At one presentation, a colleague from the University of California at Berkeley whom I'll refer to as "the supervisor," told a story of young hackers, who he referred to as the Urchins.

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disagree with premise 2008-09-27
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It would be different if break-ins were actively prosecuted or usually noticed. It seems it is only when there is a confession that anything is done.

The police look for those who break into a home. The police (largely) don't bother looking for those who break into computer systems.

One notices a home break in, how many systems have been broken into and it is never noticed?

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