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On the other hand, to a non-techie person, where do you draw the line? Accessing the HTML of a public webpage is trivial to you and me. But what about decompili
by askvictor 5y ago
On the other hand, to a non-techie person, where do you draw the line? Accessing the HTML of a public webpage is trivial to you and me. But what about decompiling or extracting strings from an .apk? Almost exactly the same thing as pressing F12 in the browser, but a tad more 'active'. It is relevant to this article, as it asks what hacking is OK, and what isn't
- alpaca128 5y agoI wouldn't call any of your examples hacking, at least not in the "hacking other people's systems" sense. It's accessing information the other party actively sent to users. The fault lies with the one distributing and potentially exposing sensitive information through negligence.
- aufhebung 5y agoI would say that finding and reporting exploits is ok in every circumstance. I would draw the line at using those exploits for malicious purposes.
- jameshart 5y agoIf someone distributed a .apk that contained plaintext SSNs of their employees, I don't think I would call someone who noticed a 'hacker'.