EFF asks court to block US from prosecuting security researcher

This has been a controversy for quite some time. Companies don't like their flaws exposed, and for the most part researchers have honored this, at least to a reasonable degree. Generally, a period of time is given for the company in question to fix the problem, but if it fails then the issue is made public, somewhat akin to branding the company with a scarlet A. Now, one researcher is working on a book that will point out common system flaws and how to either fix them or avoid them to begin with. Matthew Green is working on a book… [Continue Reading]