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Ethical Lines of the Gray Hat

Posted by Hemos on from the what-hat-will-you-wear? dept.

Facter writes "There is a great article on CNET about the ethical debate between white/gray/black-hat hackers - interesting to note is that it reports the "fading away" of the "gray" definition between white and black, due to the DMCA hindering anything in between.."

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  1. Re:Do we really need a hat? by 56ker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A lot of security professionals are ex-hackers. Good security professionals need to learn the ways of the hacker in order to protect their systems and probe them for security reasons. Hacking your own systems to see if they're secure - is not a crime as you have access to them anyway.

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    Video Game cheats, hints a
  2. From the so-stupid-it-may-just-be-legal dept by MalleusEBHC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Finisterre--who also goes by "dotslash"
    Hey Taco, you better go after this copyright infringer! You can sick the DMCA... uhh or... the RIAA... uh or... well that's gotta be an acronym to help prosecute him.

    1. Re:From the so-stupid-it-may-just-be-legal dept by anonymous_wombat · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      The Simpsons is the culmination of Western civilization. It's all downhill once they go off the air.

      What about Futurama?

  3. Dragonlance saga by Dexter77 · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    This must be from those AD&D novels where commoners thought that all magic users were evil regardless whether they used white, red or black robe .