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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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The Mentality and Psychology behind the White Hat 2002-04-03
Alec
A white hat or Good Samaritan hacker is really out to provide himself amusement or pleasure as his/her first motive. He will explore networks in the hope that he will find an interesting open port or security vulnerability, just as one might try to rig a vending machine. To use the street analogy,...

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