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This is why you leak anonymously and let the wolves take care of it as nature intended.
by devwastaken 5y ago
This is why you leak anonymously and let the wolves take care of it as nature intended.
- sneak 5y agoIt's not a leak to publish your own original research.
- dikaio 5y agoIssue is, he will be stored in logs traversing through accounts not his.
- tjpnz 5y agoIf you're going spelunking you'll take precautions to mitigate the risk of it being traced back to you.
- Aachen 5y agoYeah but that wasn't the situation. Twas a bit late for that by the point OP discovered there existed a security issue in the first place and they had even already "exploited" it.
- dqv 5y agoI think a lot of hackers start with just seeing what’s going on without any intent to dig deeper. But then something too good to pass up gets them high, and with weakened inhibitions, they make bad decisions that require responsible disclosure (in lieu of saying and doing nothing and possibly getting into more trouble). Of course a responsible disclosure is always prudent, and these companies certainly did not deserve one, but the hacker here got too excited. They didn’t cover their tracks first, necessitating a responsible disclosure.
- hnthrowaway0315 5y agoI'm not sure an unprepared one can leak anonymously and safely.
- dtx1 5y agojust post your findings from an internet cafe on 4chan and watch the competitor burn
- MikeTheGreat 5y agoSerious question: are internet cafes still a thing? Admittedly this is from a small sample of Seattle-area coffee shops but most of my experiences with non-home non-work WiFi is at coffee shops that provide the WiFi but expect you to bring your own device (laptop, phone, etc). Is it still common to go someplace and rent time on a computer provided by the owner (i.e., at an internet cafe?)
- joe_the_user 5y agoI don't think places you can rent machines are common (except libraries as noted but these may require ID) but the steps "buy machine with cash, take machine to anonymous cafe outside your area and get wifi password, upload info" still seem reasonably secure. You can throw the machine off a bridge later if you're paranoid - and work hard at sanitizing your info while you're at it.
- AlexCoventry 5y agoCan you just spoof your MAC address instead of buying a new machine?
- kyleee 5y agopossibly but will you bet jail time on it?
- dtx1 5y agoHere in Germany there are still a lot of them around. Though any rando WiFi hotspot would propably do the trick
- thfuran 5y ago
- mike00632 5y ago... or report the vulnerability anonymously?