so maybe there are a few non-idiots in the administration
originally written 08.02.2002
“A presidential advisor encouraged the nation’s top computer security professionals and hackers Wednesday to try to break computer programs, but said they might need protection from the legal wrath of software makers. “
– D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer in his article Bush Adviser Encourages Hacking available http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020731/ap_on_hi_te/computer_security_2.
too bad the dmca has chilled investigation such as this in many cases – just as many security professionals predicted when the dmca was initially opposed