Hacker Indicted In France For Publishing Exploits

Guillermito writes "Hello. I'm a French scientist living in Boston. I analyse small security softwares under Windows as a hobby, for fun and curiosity. For example, I showed how to easily extract hidden information from a dozen of steganography softwares, often commercial programs claiming a very high security level. I did the same with a french generic anti-virus, showing several security flaws, and that it didn't stop '100% of known and unknown viruses' as claimed. First the company called me a 'terrorist,' than sued me. I've just been indicted last week in Paris. It seems that it's a general trend in France, and maybe in Europe, these days."

Comments

Re:France == better than America!

[MillionthMonkey]

Billions of barrels of free, high-quality oil and thousands of dead Muslims as a bonus? How can you possibly call that a "waste?" I'd say it was worth every penny.

The oil infrastructure is a mess and is not producing oil to pay for the invasion as was promised. Saddam Hussein is commonly blamed for this state of affairs, but seriously, if you're going to make a major long-term investment in a country by invading it, you should at least kick the tires first to see if 20 years of sanctions and corruption have affected its ability to produce oil. No due diligence was done on Iraq before the invasion, and as an oil producer it has turned out to be a lemon.

Your "thousands of dead Muslims as a bonus" comment needs no response- it speaks volumes about you. Figures you would post AC, you pussy.

The only screw-up Bush made in Iraq was waiting so long to get started.

I wish he'd waited longer, since it's been costing us one billion dollars per week. Why not just do a targeted assassination, or a snatch, which would have been cheaper? Now we're saddled with rebuilding a country where they drag our dead bodies through the streets.

Re:Proposterous!

[Another MacHack]

"From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.... I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our being." -- Einstein

Re:France == better than America!

[YrWrstNtmr]

Richard Clarke is telling the truth.

Which truth?

[August 2002]
"So, point five, that process which was initiated in the first week in February, uh, decided in principle, uh in the spring to add to the existing Clinton strategy and to increase CIA resources, for example, for covert action, five-fold, to go after Al Qaeda."

or

[60 Minutes, March 2004] "Clarke was the president's chief adviser on terrorism, yet it wasn't until Sept. 11 that he ever got to brief Mr. Bush on the subject. Clarke says that prior to Sept. 11, the administration didn't take the threat seriously."

Re:Other side?

[FroMan]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

This is \. where anything American is EVIL! Forget about a fair shake, crucify the American government!

Actually, I am quite surprised that this even was posted though. Certainly not by michael, but his mini-michael (timothy) actually posted it.

Truth to tell though, I do not know who to laugh at more with this article as atleast \. is being internally consistant here, or you (I don't know who you are) insisting that the French government may actaully be right.