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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 2002-04-02
Jordan
That comparison about the bank is not accurate. If that's all that the persons in question were doing, just seeing if the hole is there, then that's fine, and no one is really questioning that. But if the person walked into the open door, then found a bunch of safety deposit boxes that weren't prope...

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