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The Sad Tale of a Security Whistleblower
Mark Rasch, 2003-08-18

Federal prosecutors in California went too far when they put a man in prison for disclosing a website security hole to the people at risk from it.

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(shrug) - he had it coming. 2003-08-18
Penguinisto
You wouldn't go break into someone's house just to tell each member of the family just how insecure Daddy's deadbolt installation was, would you?

FWIW, if I were this guy, I'd just post the vuln and its explanation to Bugtraq and similar lists, and be sure to name names. If that didn't shame Torn...

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