Mozilla Finds Flaw With Black Hat Video Stream

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla web security researcher Michael Coates found a flaw in Black Hat's paid video feed. The flaw allowed him to watch a live feed of the conference for free instead of the $395 a head to connect. Unlike many presenters at Black Hat, Michael responsibly disclosed the flaw to organizers, who quickly fixed the issue."

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Of course

[Anonymous Coward]

Unlike many presenters at Black Hat, Michael responsibly disclosed the flaw to organizers, who quickly fixed the issue.

If that seems like altruism, think: why would Mozilla want a bunch of black hat hackers pissed off at them?

Misleading

[Anonymous Coward]

Unlike many presenters at Black Hat, Michael responsibly disclosed the flaw to organizers, who quickly fixed the issue.

It's obvious why it was quickly fixed - because he disclosed it to the people who were losing out from the flaw.

A false contrast is being drawn to situations where a supplier, whose OWN security is not at risk and who frequently see discovery of flaws as more of a cost than a benefit, is not given sole access to the details of the flaw.

Re:because it's stealing

[iammani]

Ahh can we please stop calling it 'stealing'. If I were to steal a shirt in a store, the store would deprived of the shirt. That is not the case here

Call it unethical, freeloading, leeching, but not stealing.