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The purpose of the research was to publicly announce that that the research subjects (who did not consent to being studied) messed up. The research consisted o
by trombonechamp 5y ago
The purpose of the research was to publicly announce that that the research subjects (who did not consent to being studied) messed up. The research consisted of submitting patches specially crafted to make sure the (non-consenting) subjects did indeed mess up.
- darawk 5y agoYa, I get that. But the point was to demonstrate that the project was vulnerable to this kind of attack - which it was. That's an extremely important finding.