Beware the Kindness of Strangers: The Case Against Good Samaritan Hackers

Beware the Kindness of Strangers: The Case Against Good Samaritan Hackers
Richard Forno, 2002-03-28

The Good Samaritan defence, invoked by hackers like Adrian Lamo, can too easily be distorted by those with less altruistic intentions.

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Beware the Kindness of Strangers: The Case Against Good Samaritan Hackers 2002-03-28
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It's really refreshing... 2002-04-17
Anonymous

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Anonymous

There is only a small difference though. In the internet you don't just pass by and see that the door of a computer is open for you to walk in. You have to want and purposely go and try and open a door. This I am totaly against. The example should be more like, what if i come at your house and try and open the door with a screwdriver and i manage to do that. Then i let you know that your door could easily be opened with a screwdriver. How would you like that? I sure wouldn't.

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Beware the Kindness of Strangers: The Case Against Good Samaritan Hackers 2002-04-17
Not-Anonymous

so next time i mistype an url... 2002-03-29
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so next time i mistype an url... 2002-03-30
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so next time i mistype an url... 2002-04-03
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so next time i mistype an url... 2002-04-07
johnny

If you stumble across a security hole, don't report it -- you're incriminating yourself. 2002-04-17
Anonymous

Good Samaritan Guidelines 2002-03-29
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Good Samaritan Guidelines 2002-04-09
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