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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 2002-04-07
Anonymous
There is only a small difference though. In the internet you don't just pass by and see that the door of a computer is open for you to walk in. You have to want and purposely go and try and open a door. This I am totaly against. The example should be more like, what if i come at your house and try a...

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