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Re:Student Who Found Security Flaws in Police Protocol Gets ... by bsder on Saturday May 21, 2016 @11:19PM (#11747255)
> I can't downvote but this is a terrible attitude.

While I'm not down with selling the hack, not interacting with police is always good advice.

It's shown over and over again that official contact with the police rarely has good results, at best has neutral results, and sometimes has VERY bad results.

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Re:Student Who Found Security Flaws in Police Protocol Gets ... by eximius on Sunday May 22, 2016 @04:14AM (#11747754)
I was referring to the 'the kid who did a good thing should have made himself explicitly a criminal' part.
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