Discussion

• @neil_neilzone Neil Brown on x

  This is a superb piece, and definitely food for thought for lawyers who represent tech companies, and for those companies themselves: is suing a security researcher *really* the best way forward? http://twitter.com/...

• @emilymaxima @emilymaxima on x

  Great article on tech vs. legality. I'd specifically like to thank Zack for talking to so many female security researchers for this article http://twitter.com/...

• @sarahjamielewis Sarah Jamie Lewis on x

  I spoke to @zackwhittaker about how legal threats have affected the shape and direction of my research. This is not an area my life I talk about much, I kept most of the details off the record but this is an important issue to understand, so please read. http://twitter.com/...

• @j0hnnyxm4s Johnny Xmas on x

  Zack is giving a voice to those of us who are being silenced by talking about this massive elephant in the #infosec room. It was great to be able to tell him my story. http://twitter.com/...

• @threatresearch Andrew Brandt on x

  Just like SLAPP lawsuits, these are designed to punish people expressing security concerns, more than anything. I'd like to see the anti-SLAPP laws that exist amended to cover this type of abusive, punitive practice. http://twitter.com/...

• @daniel_bilar Daniel Bilar on x

  Highlighted quote is from @J0hnnyXm4s : In his youth, uncovered a flaw in magnetic stripe found in his university's student ID cards. Got expelled from school and the unnamed company was “livid at the loss of a huge client” & sued him for slander ("claims were verifiably true"). …

• @ihackedwhat Render Man on x

  Ive not been sued or charged, yet. I'm sitting on two widespread critical infrastructure vulns because of the shoot-first mentality. The scale of it is such that there's no way to get hold of everyone to ensure things are fixed. No gov help in doing the right thing. http://twitte…

• @cesarcer Cesar Cerrudo on x

  Sadly this happens, having reported hundred of vulns and dealt with dozens of angry vendors I can say that problems can be avoided, just need to be careful asking for lawyer advise and have a plan b if something goes wrong http://twitter.com/...