Re: [Full-disclosure] Web Application Security Awareness Day

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Google job vented I wonder if netdev feels the same way :)-
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From: "Ven Ted" <v3nt3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:24:12 
To:full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Web Application Security Awareness Day


[introduction] 
v3nt3d is deeply sad at the new trend of morally accepted blackmail by 
researchers, known better as a web application security awareness day. 
sincere researchers are coming forward more frequently to threaten companies 
with a web application security awareness day. 
because they are known to be sincere they are morally left off the hook from 
what is known by v3nt3d to be straight forward blackmail. 
blackmail is illegal, for this reason v3nt3d wishes to make the following 
recommendations: 
[1]web application security awareness day campaigns are blackmail on the part 
of the researcher, all should be outlawed by government. 
[2]v3nt3d calls on the government to make it highly illegal and morally 
unacceptable to threaten a web application security awareness day for a vendor 
and its customers 
[3]security researchers think its "fun" but all it amounts to is blackmail 
[4]all blackmail attempts shouldn't be dressed up as harmless fun 
[5]governments need to wake up and swiftly arrest those making  web application 
security awareness day claims in the future 
[6]corporations and its consumers shouldn't be scared mongered and threatened 
by individuals 
[7]researchers shouldn't use their real name or real place of employment and 
expect exclusion from legal action against blackmail 
[8]researchers shouldn't be allowed to profit or gain career opportunities by 
such claims to action by the researcher 
[9]researchers should be taken into custody, questioned and have their hardware 
obtained for forensic analysis before a web application security awareness day 
is due to start 
[10]individuals threatening to carry out a web application security awareness 
day shouldn't be labelled as "security researchers" by the media and security 
experts 
[11]such individuals should be clearly labelled as "criminals", "malicious 
attackers" and "blackhats", no matter what other "friendly" or "useful" 
research they've carried out in the past. 
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