This is a question of context. No, I do not have the right to steal anything. Do I have the "right" to surreptitiously discuss and invent ways to break into security systems and to clandestinely disseminate this information to enable other's to steal? No. If MasterLock makes a lock that they say will securely protect your belongings and I find out later that if you turn the knob while inserting the key that you can use any key in such a case should I face criminal prosecution for telling people their locks are not secure and show them how easy it is to break into their locks? Of course not. I am trying to give people information so that they can make a more secure choice. Blackboard is angry because they sold an inferior product and the details of this inferiority was going to be made public (like they haven't already!) and they are going to lose money. They will and should lose money for selling such a crummy system as "secure" when it was never secure. BTY, blaming our current problems on freelove, Hippies, Lao-Tzu and doing no harm is hilarious. I needed a good laugh....
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This is a question of context. No, I do not have the right to steal anything. Do I have the "right" to surreptitiously discuss and invent ways to break into security systems and to clandestinely disseminate this information to enable other's to steal? No. If MasterLock makes a lock that they say will securely protect your belongings and I find out later that if you turn the knob while inserting the key that you can use any key in such a case should I face criminal prosecution for telling people their locks are not secure and show them how easy it is to break into their locks? Of course not. I am trying to give people information so that they can make a more secure choice. Blackboard is angry because they sold an inferior product and the details of this inferiority was going to be made public (like they haven't already!) and they are going to lose money. They will and should lose money for selling such a crummy system as "secure" when it was never secure. BTY, blaming our current problems on freelove, Hippies, Lao-Tzu and doing no harm is hilarious. I needed a good laugh....