This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is bad for everyone

Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is... by bigiain on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @02:13AM (#6442936)

But an equally valid interpretation of what's going on is:

Cool, free cupcakes! They want you to pay for birthday cakes and pre-order wedding cakes, but they'll give you any cupcake you ask for if they've got one available!

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Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is... by IanCal on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @04:30AM (#6443318)

Do the IRC transcripts sound like he thought that this information should have been shared by the server? Your interpretation would have weev thinking that AT&T intended to make this information public, that having it public was fine, and there was no complexity in what he did to get it.

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Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is... by bigiain on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @08:46AM (#6444185)

You're right - weev was being a dick, and he knew he ws at the time.

BUT…

I personally think AT&T should also be held to account for their part in what happened. They put all that data up on the public internet, with no authentication required to get it. I think they're at least as culpable here as weev is. (and I don't think _either_ of them should get off scott free - they both played fast and loose with other people's data.)

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