POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : White hat? Black Hat? : Re: White hat? Black Hat? Server Time
10 Oct 2024 06:14:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: White hat? Black Hat?  
From: somebody
Date: 13 Sep 2008 11:48:24
Message: <48cbe0c8$1@news.povray.org>
"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
news:48cbdc9b$1@news.povray.org...
> somebody wrote:

> > So it would be a good deed for me to break into neighbourhood houses
(which
> > would be trivial, as practically all have unprotected ground level glass
> > windows) when the owner is away and place a note on the coffee table to
tell
> > them their house is insecure.

> Well, no, because fixing a broken window costs money.

And it doesn't cost money to fix a compromised system?

> You can "break into" a computer system without causing damage that has
> to be repaired.

OK, assume I only go into houses that have windows that are ajar, or that I
leave money for the window repair, or that I pick the lock instead... etc.
You are objecting to irrelevant non-issues.

What about the pretend-robbery on the street? That doesn't cost any money.


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