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Slashdot | Adrian Lamo Chaveggyvi Hacking @ Page 25 of 33 ‘ . « More likely... by Brian Stretch (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @11:46AM « Re:Why they're after him by stevejsmith (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @11:514M Why do they do it? (Score:5, Insightful) by Knunov (158076) <eat@my.ass> on Saturday September 06, @11:14AM. (#6887271) (hitp://goatse.cx/) I know what many of you are thinking. Why not tell these companies BEFORE you break in? Because IT'S NOT FUN, that's why. Or perhaps more accurately, it's not stimulating. Hacking these sites takes time, and the payoff is getting inside and saying, "WOO- HOO! I DID IT!" The fact that he does nothing malicious afterwards and even calls and helps the sysadmins unfuck their systems is a testament to his character. For those who would compare his antics to breaking into your home, but not stealing anything, it's a poor analogy. Why? Because your house is your personal meatspace. And if he went inside, he would see many things personal to you, such as family pictures, your kid's toys, or ifhe was REALLY unlucky, your fat, naked ass sitting in a Lazy Boy with a bowl of chips balanced on your ponderous belly, flipping through the channels. “Uhhh... hey dude. Your lock is vulnerable." See? Just not the same. Getting past a computer's defenses is not the same as physically entering a home or bank vault, though I would find the latter far less intrusive than home invasion, especially ifhe never even touched the money. Now, if he LOOKED at personal/confidential files once inside, that is a different story. But beating a system's defenses, with the only ambition of proving you can do it, then calling the responsible party and helping them fix the security flaw SHOULD NOT be punished. Misdemeanor, at most. It doesn't matter what he could have done while inside, it matters what he did, or more specifically did not do while inside the system. “That bastard! He saw my FILE NAMING SCHEME!" Yeah, he should fry for that... Knunov [ Reply to This ] | FBI(19-cv-1495)-1917 | http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/06/1325221 shtml?tid=123étid=126&tid=172&tid=99 9/8/2003