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Slashdot | Adrian Lamo Charg: ith Hacking @ Page 5 of 33 (obuITtL) oauUay SepicNDEL UL, WELLE Re:Good intentions don't mean it is legal (Score:4, Funny) by Kenja (541830) on Saturday September 06, @03:00PM (#6888534) (http://www. klassy.com/) Ifthe post man goes into your house, rumages around and then leaves you a note that your underwear is dirty and your out of milk he should be arested. [ Reply to. This | Parent = Re:Good intentions don’t mean it is legal by lIus10n (Score:2} Saturday September 06, @06:41PM = reply beneath your current threshold. « Re:Good intentions don't mean it is legal by FussionMan (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @01:55PM Re:Good intentions don't mean it is legal (Score:5, Insightful} by Izago909 (637084) on Saturday September 06, @02:59PM (#6888530) So let's throw the (relatively) most desirable type of hacker in jail so he gets out of the way of the black hats. This is some bullshit logic. Regardless of what his ‘true’ intentions were, his track record speaks volumes: He's always come clean with people. While network admins are busy giving themselves kudos for integrating Microsoft's latest and greatest secure systems, he is busy looking for holes. Without these types of white hats, all the world would have is insecure networks remaining open to black hats until they discovered the holes the really hard way. Screw all the evil, sinister things you think his ‘true’ intentions are. He and his counterparts have potentially saved your company millions in expenses when some black hat could have made off with gigabytes of confidential data. Think these white hats are bad? Wait until you have class actions out the wazoo because many of your customers are now facing the business end of your over confidence. Screw modern hacking laws because they are stale and outdated. People always like to tack on new laws without even considering removing or revising obsolete sections. All it's going to do is alienate any potential allies. The bad guys won't get caught because they hide, the good guys don't hide because they think they don't have a reason to. White hats are thrown in jail because they get bad attention and can cause a PR mess. Many times, the work of black hats can be covered up by the company or government. How many stories have we heard of hackers holding sensitive data ransom or extorting businesses in some way? You really don't think EVERY incident gets publicized, do you? These people want to make it look like they are tough on hackers, so they go after the easiest and most public targets. You will be giving a powerful message to upcoming generations of hackers. If the end result is the same, what the hell do I need this white hat for? Camenne entll cama lmanting of vaur dane ile ineuitahle What FBI(19-cv-1495)-1897 http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/06/1325221 shtml ?tid=123&tid=126&tid=172&tid=99 9/8/2003