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Slashdot | Adrian Lamo Charge git Hacking e@ Page 13 of 33 told me about it afterwards, am I supposed to feel better about it? That analogy doesn't have a lot of merit. You're a private person, he didn't break into private computers. If a bank has a door to their vault which they don't know of and which is never locked, then yeah, they should be grateful for being told about it. Obviously, there's no bank so stupid, but that just goes to show that banks have a lot more experience dealing with real-world break-ins - another reason why this guy should be acknowledged for his deeds, he's making people aware of problems which they are not experienced in dealing with. [ Reply to This | Parent ] o Re:Great Excuse by Sycraft-fu (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @12:072M. @1228PM o Re:Great Excuse by Asmodean (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @12:36PM o Re:Great Excuse by Nept (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @04:26PM © iveply beneath your current threshold. « Can't ask or tell .... Jis just not the same thing by SerpentDrago (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @11:03AM Re:Great Excuse (Score:5, Insightful) by gtp (461286) on Saturday September 06, @11:07AM (#6887230) So if someone had broken into my house without permission, then told me about it afterwards, am I supposed to feel better about it? But if someone noticed that you can see into your bathroom and bedroom from the street, do you get them busted for being a peeping tom? The guy's not threatening anyone, nor is he stealing or endangering anyone's life. The "Housebreaking" metaphor doesn't realy apply. OTOH, your mention of the deadbolt and alarm does apply, but only in the sense that if I did buy/instali a deadbolt and alarm, I'd be royally pissed if they didn't work. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Great Excuse (Score:4, Insightful) by maggard (5579) <maggard@mac.com> on Saturday September 06, @11:17AM (#6887280) But if someone noticed that you can see into your bathroom and bedroom from the street, do you get them busted for being a peeping tom? But he didn't just "look in", he went and altered files. And the curtians were down, the door closed, he didn't just happen to glance in but broke in. The guy's not threatening anyone, nor is he stealing or endangering anyone's life. The "Housebreaking" metaphor doesn't realy apply. Rreakine & Fnterine dnesn't mean anvane has ta he hame ar their life i FBI(19-cv-1495)-1905 } http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/06/1325221 shtml ?tid=123 &tid=126&tid=172&tid=99 9/8/2003