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ATM Vendors Threaten, Stop Research Presentation
An anonymous reader writes "A presentation about 'The Underground Economy,' by Italian white hat hacker and security expert Raoul Chiesa, was replaced at the last minute during last week's Hack In The Box conference. The reason behind this cancellation was that Chiesa received legal pressure from ATM vendors over the fact that the originally scheduled presentation covers details of various techniques and exploits of vulnerabilities that cyber criminals use to break into ATMs — flaws that have been known for a long time."
>>>What do you do?
Say nothing, hang up, and continue with my original plans. I will not be intimidated, even if it leads to my own imprisonment. Better to live free, than to be on my knees licking the boots of some lawyer, corporation, or politician.
Remember the Ghetto Riots in Germany? Had I been alive at the time, I probably would have been part of them. I will not walk peacefully into a shower room. Nor will I give-up my right to open my mouth and speak-out, or publish any paper I desire. To do that would be the same as making myself a slave with a muzzle that my master jerks every now and then.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall