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I've stopped clicking on any Krebs links after reading the comments about his doxxing behavior last week. The thread is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

I've stopped clicking on any Krebs links after reading the comments about his doxxing behavior last week. The thread is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23865035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23865035 The main article about it is here: https://itwire.com/security/infosec-researchers-slam-ex-wapo-man-krebs-over-doxxing.html https://itwire.com/security/infosec-researchers-slam-ex-wapo... This brand of... journalism surely sees itself as one that keeps the world safe, cflewis. Without brave vigilante journalists, who would give other vigilantes the information needed to SWAT your house or mail you illegal substances?

Nasrudith 6y ago
All I see is pulling on the threads and crucially no judgement in the process in a transparent passionless matter. The email tracing could have lead to some shmuck with a compromised or long inactive account co-opted after another breach and he followed up on it instead of simply assuming guilt. The damn FBI could learn tricks from him on proper investigation without assumptions appears to be the goal more than trying to find what they want (incrimination of some sort).
chmod775 6y ago
Here's a more recent article too: https://www.itwire.com/security/new-york-times-says-krebs-wrongly-implicated-briton-in-twitter-hack.html https://www.itwire.com/security/new-york-times-says-krebs-wr...