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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
Anonymous
If a customer finds a security flaw through the user interface, rather than by any backdoor/cracker methods, do they fall under the same scenario? What if the "opened bank" is the bank that you use? You have a reason to be there and you notice the bank is insecure. Short of just changing banks, can ...

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