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When a vulnerability/exploit is discovered, there's a difference between dealing with it responsibly and using it to troll people "for the lulz". Don't paint th
by mxxx 14y ago
When a vulnerability/exploit is discovered, there's a difference between dealing with it responsibly and using it to troll people "for the lulz". Don't paint this guy as a white hat trying to help AT&T patch their poor security.
The very idea that this dude is trying to compare himself to Swartz is laughable at best and in very, very poor taste.
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to clarify, in no way do i think the punishment he might get fits the crime. the feds are being completely overzealous here. i just don't like that a guy who gets busted doing something completely self-interested tries to jump on the coattails of a genuine tragedy to stir up public support.
- Jimmie 14y agownight never said that Andrew was white hat, just that not all the blame should be placed on him.
- wnight 14y agoPersonally I find it gauche when people judge the worthiness of someone else, merely because other people have had an even rougher time. This case is absolutely like Aaron's, an over-zealous prosecutor doing absolutely nothing useful for society and pursuing a non-issue to potentially life-running levels. And it's not that this guy is or is not a white-hat, but that AT&T and the government are effectively black hats. It's not his duty to hold their hands, but it's AT&T's duty not to lie or misrepresent the situation and it's the prosecutor's duty to serve the public good.