http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/weev-convicted-court-finds.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 05:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/weev-convicted-court-finds.html#comment-1589204 That_Anonymous_Coward Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195621#comment-1589204 but but but those poor corporations need to be protected from those evil hacker types who just want to make people safer.  We can't expect companies to spend their money on making sure information they hold is secure, that is madness! And he publicly embarrassed them so they deserve more! Like the guy who tried to explain to IIRC Amex their system was flawed, worked like hell to inform them, and then they sent a bill to him. but but but those poor corporations need to be protected from those evil hacker types who just want to make people safer.  We can’t expect companies to spend their money on making sure information they hold is secure, that is madness!
And he publicly embarrassed them so they deserve more!
Like the guy who tried to explain to IIRC Amex their system was flawed, worked like hell to inform them, and then they sent a bill to him.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/11/21/weev-convicted-court-finds.html#comment-1588867 signsofrain Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195621#comment-1588867 So they want to make security research and publication of results illegal. All that will mean is more unreported exploits in the wild. It would be a huge victory for black hats. So they want to make security research and publication of results illegal. All that will mean is more unreported exploits in the wild. It would be a huge victory for black hats.

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