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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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Re: (shrug) - he had it coming. 2003-08-18
Anonymous
So you think that disclosure of a vulnerability is the same as breaking into a house? I really don't see the connection.

A better analogy would be seeing that a gate was always unlocked in a gated community and after trying to get the management to fix it, sending letters to all of the residents...

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