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Slashdot | Adrian Lamo Charegy Hacking @ Page 8 of 33 Mp eeaee Wuy Cy venvus ere = Lreply beneath your current threshold. Re:Great Excuse (Score:5, Insightful) by pantropik (604178) on Saturday September 06, @11:21AM (#6887307) That's a really awful analogy. If someone steals your car they are doing you a serious disservice and actively depriving you of something you cannot easily do without. To use your analogy in a way that actually makes sense: He isn't stealing your car. He is walking up and seeing if the door is unlocked and the keys are in the ignition. At the very MOST he is starting the car to prove he COULD steal it if he wanted to. But he never actually steals the car or harms you in any way (except maybe making you feel really stupid for having such an easily stolen car). He doesn't deprive you of it "for a month". Basically he's checking to see if he COULD steal your car, NOT stealing it. Then he tells you what to do to keep others from stealing it. Doesn't sound like evil incamate io me. If I was being a total idiot as regards security I think I'd appreciate it if someone pointed that out to me before someone else came along and took advantage of it and ended up doing real harm. The shame would be worth it in the end, I think. Unless you happen to be the NY Times, which is probably pretty sick of being shamed at this point. ( Reply to This | Parent ] = Re:Great Excuse by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @11:51AM « ireply beneath your current threshold. « Re:Great Excuse by rblancarte (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @11:58AM Re:Great Excuse (Score:5, Funny) by Shanep (68243) on Saturday September 06, @12:22PM (#6887653) (hitp://slashdot.org/ YOU CANNOT BREAK THE LAW, EVEN FOR GOOD REASONS! IF YOU DO, EXPECT TO GO TO JAIL! I would bust his skull open with my tire iron, then call the cops. Okay, so busting this guys skull open is breaking the Taw for: FBI(19-cv-1495)-1900 http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/06/1325221 shtml ?tid=123 &tid=126&tid=172&tid=99 9/8/2003