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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 2002-03-29
Rick Forno
Hey - I only get a certain amount of words per column! I certainly think that a certain level of negligence on those cos. that don't implement good security is in order. After all, in the case of fire/burgular arms, you get fined if you have too many false alarms, right?...

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