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Slashdot | Adrian Lamo Charg; ith Hacking @ Page 29 of 33 Oh, because corporations are always trustworthy (Score:5, Insightful) by the-banker (169258) on Saturday September 06, @12:06PM (#6887571) Tunderstand most of the arguments against what Lamo did, but there are a few points I want to get off my chest: 1. To all those saying, 'Its like he broke in your house’: No it isn't. The machines were connected to the internet, which is a public medium. A house is a physically closed space where courts have rules one can have an expectation of privacy. Nobody can claim that the internet should provide an expectation of privacy - by its very nature of using shared resources it flies in the face of such an argument. 2. I don't know how it needs to be done, but truthfully do you (the collective Slashdot you) trust companies to secure their networks, perform audits and be upfront and honest about their failures? If | were a NYT partner I would be furious that my information may have been publicly accessible, yet I would never have known about its vulnerability without Lamo. How many companies have been hacked, had credit card or other info stolen, and just not said anything about it? When Acxiom was hacked, personal information on individuals was stolen over 8 months before they "discovered" the hack - and the hack was found by Hamilton County, Ohio Prosecutor's office when investigating another case that had come forward. What are the chances that Acxiom KNEW they had been hacked, compromised personal information, and said nothing? I am guessing with the current climate of corporate ethics, a preity high chance exists that a lot of information is being disseminated by people who stole it and consumers have no idea because the company in question is sweeping it under the rug. Hacking into someone else's system is bad. Nobody can disagree there, but the bottom ine is a tradeoff of negative impacts - for what Lamo did I see a lot fewer negative consequences than today's corporate ixresponsibility with personal information and computer security. ¢ Re:Oh, because corporations are always trustworthy by juuri (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @04:09PM « Re:Oh, because corporations are always trustworthy by gothicpoet (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @07:50PM « 3 replies beneath your current threshold. « Breaking into House/Car Analogy by wiredbuddy (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @12:15PM « First false stories, then shoot the messenger by cpopin (Score:1) Saturday September 06, @12:18PM « J reply beneath your current threshold, « Ingrateful by Bruha (Score:2) Saturday September 06, @12:20PM a Tid the Timee admins lia an their reenmeae? hy T adracandranidh (Genre Satordav FBI(19-cv-1495)-1921 http://slashdot.org/artictes/03/09/06/1325221 shtml ?tid=123&tid=126&tid=172&tid=99 9/8/2003