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> People, who work with Mr Hutchins investigating malware, have said "it looks like the US justice system has made a huge mistake". Who on earth let this artic
by ablation 9y ago
> People, who work with Mr Hutchins investigating malware, have said "it looks like the US justice system has made a huge mistake".
Who on earth let this article go out with that in it?
- UK-AL 9y agoWhat's wrong? Generally that's how people talk in casual conversation and this meant to be a quote.
- ablation 9y agoThe quote is fine, but the attribution to "people" rather than an individual is frankly odd. Multiple people said that exact same quote? I believe one person on Twitter originated it.
- jauzeyimam 9y agoSame with: > It is thought to be named after a mythological creature. This article has some interesting framing issues. Aside from being simply incorrect in this case.
- jmkni 9y agoWhen this story broke yesterday, the BBC was describing him as a hero in their headline.
- orf 9y agoHe stopped a cyberattack that was having a serious impact on the NHS - hospitals where closed and all kinds of things where cancelled. I'd call him a Hero for that.
- to_bpr 9y agoHe's absolutely a hero, if only an accidental one. His actions thwarted a large scale cyber attack on some pretty crucial services, so he definitely deserves recognition for it. Let us also not forget that these are allegations against him and until he is tried and found guilty, he is still an innocent person with only said good deeds to his name. If that changes, so be it, but let's not get ahead of ourselves until justice has ran its course.
- bitJericho 9y agoSadly, the justice system is so broken we're likely not to see a resolution any time soon, and if he's forced to plead guilty, it may not even be true.
- greenshackle2 9y agoI don't have to have the same standard of evidence as courts to judge someone though. 'Beyond a reasonable doubt' doesn't have an agreed upon numerical probability AFAIK, but let's say it's 95%. I can say, sure, don't put people in jail until it's 95% certain they're a bad guy, but if I think it's 75% likely they're a bad guy, I'm still gonna think they're probably not the most lawful person ever. (I have zero evidence either way w.r.t to this case specifically, I'm not saying he's guilty, but I just don't think it's as black and white as you make it sound. If someone is accused of murdering children, and there is some evidence pointing to that, but not enough to reach 'beyond a reasonable doubt' so he is found not guilty, it's quite sane to refuse to hire him as a babysitter.)
- devnull42 9y agoWhats the issue with that statement. It is early and I haven't had my coffee yet but I am a security researcher and while I have my questions about his past many of my counter parts in the UK have raised some very very valid questions about the legitimacy of the allegations against him. So unless I am missing a grammatical or syntactical error whats the issue with that statement?
- ablation 9y agoSee reply from Sharlin below: > It's just poor writing. Either you paraphrase what people are saying, or you cite someone specific.