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...are you people kidding? Of course things like pirating people's software or publicly posting an exploit is going to result in some sort of ban, if not worse
by obviouslygreen 13y ago
...are you people kidding?
Of course things like pirating people's software or publicly posting an exploit is going to result in some sort of ban, if not worse! Has human nature and its long history of overreaction just escaped everyone lately?
It's not great, but it's reality. If the only fix available to you is piracy, pirate and go about your business... if they're ignoring the exploit you've reported, making it public isn't nearly as likely to help anyone as it is to turn you into a whipping boy.
Of course, if you don't mind these consequences, go for it. But I don't see how you could possibly fail to foresee the potential backlash.
- drivebyacct2 13y agoI feel like you didn't read the article.
- jonknee 13y ago> Of course things like pirating people's software or publicly posting an exploit is going to result in some sort of ban, if not worse! Has human nature and its long history of overreaction just escaped everyone lately? Did you read the article? He told his boss that he thinks the security badge system had a big flaw. His boss agreed but then fired him. No software was pirated and nothing was publicly posted.
- Scottopherson 13y agoI dunno, I did interpret: "There was the 16 core workstation that he installed “borrowed” copies of several computer games on" as installing pirated games. He definitely didn't make the security flaw public though.
- willvarfar 13y agooops you meant to reply to another poster, me thinks
- guard-of-terra 13y agoYou can't pirate software you already paid for.