Ethical Lines of the Gray Hat

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Ethical Lines of the Gray Hat

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 23, 2002 @05:05AM 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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Ethics?! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Suck it, biznatch!
GREY by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I am a White Hat First Poster!
1. Re:GREY by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Too slow, fatboy!
2. Re:GREY by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Too fat, slowboy! At least I got second post, and you got a limp one.
3. Re:GREY by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Please refer to first post, assmaster.
4. Re:GREY by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 06:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Yeah, I mastered your mom's ass last night.
Forgot one ? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What about Red Hats ?
I'm First!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm First!!
Re:Do we really need a hat? by 56ker · 2002-09-23 05:12 · 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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From the so-stupid-it-may-just-be-legal dept by MalleusEBHC · 2002-09-23 05:13 · 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 · 2002-09-23 06:10 · Score: 1, Offtopic
  
  The Simpsons is the culmination of Western civilization. It's all downhill once they go off the air.
  What about Futurama?
Dragonlance saga by Dexter77 · 2002-09-23 05:14 · 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 .
"Great article on CNET" by qurob · 2002-09-23 05:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Isn't that an oxymoron?
When Your Grey Hat Becomes To Much To Bear by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Let a kind schoolgirl spread your troubles apart.
I prefer... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

my plaid hat.
What's this shit about white or black? by josh+crawley · 2002-09-23 05:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

D00d! 1'm th3 l33t3st hax0r 3v34. Scr3w whit3 or black! I'm wearing a R3D Hat!
1. Re:What's this shit about white or black? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Feh. This story sucks.
  
  Your post, however, is the best thing since toilet paper!
Ok...let's get through the obvious remarks.. by The+J+Kid · 2002-09-23 05:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

1. Aaaarrgh GreyHat! Get it off!!!

2. Dude a REDhat is soooo much more better!

3. I'm a Purple Hat Hacker you incensitive sod!

4. Yeah, but, like, (how) is it violating the GPL..?

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CmdrTaco ia a commie cum gobbler by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Taco you socialist bastard--30 million killed by Stalin and you still defend his politics? This is more reprehensible than your love of little Mexican boys. You are a sick pervert!
Re:Cracker by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-23 05:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Who cares about the south. Those rednecks inbreeds can't use computers.