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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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Blaming the Good Samaritan 2008-09-30
Darin
Any "good samaritans" need to look at it this way. Suppose someone picks the lock to your house/apartment. They send you a letter telling you what they did and recommending a pick-proof lock. Do you just get the new lock and call it even? Or do you worry about what they might have stolen? About...

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