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A hacker built a tool to track police officers. Then he tried to warn them (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 3 months ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hacker? Not a hacker. This information is broadcast openly.

TIL if(wireless_signal=OR("tazer","bodycam"),"Police Detected", ) is hacking.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I learned a while ago that clicking around on a web site and accidentally wandering into an area that is supposed to be secure but isn't is hacking as well

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That literally is hacking, though. Poking around until you find a vulnerability.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So a chess player that exploits an opponent’s weakness is hacking?
A snake that finds an entrance to a gopher burrow is hacking?

“Finding vulnerabilities” is the kind of dangerously overbroad generalization that gave us the DMCA.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 3 months ago

A snake that finds an entrance to a gopher burrow is hacking?

And the gopher magistrates are absolutely furious, I tell you!