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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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"...Good Samaritan Hackers" Bad English. 2002-04-05
Andy Richmond
Please don't compare "A Good Samaritan" with a hacker. The Good Samaritan is one who saw someone in need and helped when no one else would. The kind of hacker we are talking about is one who goes looking for "need" by poking around where they don't legally belong, supposedly fixing or notifying th...

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