Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Walking around amsterdam

Author:Doug Hacker
Posted:5/16/2000; 9:10:39 AM
Topic:Walking around amsterdam
Msg #:17341 (In response to 17337)
Prev/Next:17340 / 17342

I'm not saying that we shouldn't look at the "victim" as having done something stupid. Surely walking down a bad street, or installing software that opens you up to attacks is a bad idea and they ultimately ARE responsible for their own actions.

What I'm saying is that they don't "deserve" to be attacked simply for doing something foolish. That's a sort of snide hacker mentality that just doesn't do it for me.

The door to the house was open so they "deserved" to be robbed. I could see the open wallet in her bag so she "deserved" to have it stolen.

Yes, these folks need to be more responsible - but we could probably teach them the lesson by pointing out the mistake instead of capitalizing on it.

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