Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit...
by mintplant on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:30PM
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Believe it or not, it's possible to be suspected or even accused of something you didn't actually do, whether through a misunderstanding or otherwise. And factors such as ethnicity and personal associations can influence the chance of this occurring.
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Re:Arrest of WannaCry researcher sends chill through securit...
by eridius on Friday August 04, 2017 @05:21PM
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Hutchens is a British man, not someone of an ethnicity that makes people wary. The arrest of Hutchens shouldn't have any relevance whatsoever to worries about being flagged for ethnicity.