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That's crazy. Am I "hacking" a vending machine if it gives me two candy bars instead of one? What if he had just closed his eyes and slammed the buttons and t
by habosa 14y ago
That's crazy. Am I "hacking" a vending machine if it gives me two candy bars instead of one? What if he had just closed his eyes and slammed the buttons and this happened? Would he be the world's foremost blind hacker? Both sides are engaged in taking as much of the other's money as possible within a set of rules, and he won.
- twoodfin 14y agoWhat if he had just closed his eyes and slammed the buttons and this happened? Would he be the world's foremost blind hacker? That's not a very good argument. Intent matters. This guy obviously knew he had uncovered a bug, and repeatedly exploited it while attempting to hide the fact that he was doing so. I can't speak to whether the CFAA actually will or should be interpreted to treat his actions as a crime, but it would not be an unreasonable law that did.
- snarfy 14y agoIt's not obvious it's a bug, not at all, and it's a slippery slope to say otherwise. Intent matters on both sides. Did the programmer intent for this bug to happen?
- twoodfin 14y agoHuh? Through a specially designed switch back and forth between games, he manages to multiply a preexisting payout by a factor of 10. It is absurdly obvious that this was a bug.