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Yeah. Don't say:

  This plane has <security vulnerability> ... shall we play with it and do <bad thing>?
It's just asking for trouble.

On the other hand, maybe this would go down better:

  Oh god, this plane has <security vulnerability>. That does not make me feel safe. What if someone did <bad thing>? D:



(Using four spaces and long lines makes those lines unreadable on mobile.)

> Oh god, this plane has <security vulnerability>. That does not make me feel safe. What if someone did <bad thing>? D:

No! There are plenty of examples of people who stumbled over a security vulnerability, and who responsibly, confidentially, reported those vulns to the companies, and who then faced scary legal action.

I agree that the actions taken against him are far too severe; and that there should be a way for people to talk about security flaws without facing this level of harassment.




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