I think there is a big difference between a) what ethical hackers post on publicly available parts of servers provided by their host academic institutions and b

I think there is a big difference between a) what ethical hackers post on publicly available parts of servers provided by their host academic institutions and b) what they say over a beer and why they do what they do. I saw nothing to contradict my observation when I visited MIT. (Granted, class was not in session and I was obviously part of the FSF conference, so I'm sure I encountered a very much non-random sampling of MIT folk...)