ADVANCING PRIVACY
The Internet Is Too Unsafe: We Need More Hackers
A Letter from a Web Developer
Edit (16/07/2020): Twitter just got hacked big time. I stand by all my points in this article. We still need more hackers.
Hacker Initiation
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A while ago I stumbled upon a vulnerability on a website with millions of users.
Yeah, you heard that right: stumbled upon.
The thing is, I’m not a hacker. Far from it — I’ve never tried to hack anything.
I was browsing the website as usual and realized it had a potential vulnerability. And then I got scared, really scared.
I knew enough about these things to know that:
a) What I found could potentially be very dangerous for them
b) A wrong move in possession of this knowledge could be problematic for me
So I did what you’re supposed to do — I reported it. 4 times.