"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Warp wrote:

> >   No good deed goes unpunished. (Although this is certainly not the
worst
> > case of someone reporting security weaknesses to some company and
getting
> > sued for it.)

> The trouble is, if you say "hey, your security is really weak, you
> should fix it", people tend to not believe you.

That's fine. Not everyone has to believe everything you say. You do a good
deed, and move on. You don't try to force things down other people's
throats, especially if doing so will also break the law.

> And if you walk up and
> say "hey, your security is really weak, I just hacked all your systems",
> they go "OMG, you're a hacker! DIE!!!"

The question you should be asking is, did anyone ask you to fix their
security in the first place? Spend your time and energy on things that there
is a demand for, not on things that you are unwelcome to do.

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