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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
Anonymous
When Mr. Ranum opines, "It's against the law, how much more cut and dry can you get?", he misses a crucial point: that the law is not static. And the laws currently regulating technology, and the internet in particular, are extraordinarily unenlightened, inappropriate, and ineffective. After all t...

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