@wolf480pl
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39098969

This interpretation of the law in this disturbing case has sparked discussion about the nature of security research.

“It shouldn't matter how strong the protection was,“ systems administrator @wolf480pl commented. “The purpose of security research is to find flaws in protections, the same flaws that could be used to do something malicious. That's the whole point. The difference between a security researcher and a cybercriminal isn't what protections they bypass, it's what they do after they find out that they can bypass a protection.”