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Post number 18833

conquistador — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:39:44 -0800

You must hack. It's your duty as an American. Godspeed, dear patriots.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:42:47 -0800

clarke obviously hadn't seen this.

By: TskTsk

TskTsk — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:44:27 -0800

This makes sense. Maybe now Microsoft can go back to innovating rather than dealing with security.

By: TBoneMcCool

TBoneMcCool — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:55:15 -0800

A completely-off-the-subject complaint: I wish the Associated Press reporter who wrote that story would hack into his company's stylebook and learn that AP prefers adviser to advisor. Sorry for the interruption. I get compulsive sometimes.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:09:58 -0800

And yet if you do hack, you get threats from the company you've exposed. (Thread from earlier today.)

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:11:27 -0800

Doh. Quonsar is the clever one here. I'll just go off, cat like, and pretend I meant to be an idiot. :)

By: zekinskia

zekinskia — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:37:20 -0800

"Clarke said the hackers should be responsible about reporting the programming mistakes. A hacker should contact the software maker first, he said, then go to the government if the software maker doesn't respond soon." Is this a joke? If not, are the software makers going to put these hackers on their payroll? "Clarke said hackers shouldn't help criminals by showing how to exploit a programming bug before the software maker has a chance to fix the problem by issuing a patch, or fix. Is this a joke too? Hackers ARE criminals, and have been viciously persecuted by software companies, even when they are unbelievably kind and responsible. It's a joke, and in poor taste, I

By: tomorama

tomorama — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:35:34 -0800

Examining the insides of software or hardware and finding bugs nobody else has seen makes you a hacker. Reporting them to the right people so as to make the technology better for the consumers makes you a responsible person. Exploiting the same holes for your personal gain or mischeif would be what makes you a criminal. Imho, anyway.