We really wondered about that : to shut up would only serve malevolent people, who would try to take advantage of it. Tell the editor without claiming it will often lead them to slowly but surely secure this issue (which is naturally the first concern here).
One last solution, talk about it on a Web so every one may know that using this software isn't the most secure of all things.
That's what Guillermito did, who showed the PC anti-virus Viguard had a security issue.
Though the gesture wasn't ill-intended, this is gonna cost him much:
Just back from Paris. I've been charged of "counterfeiting and receiving counterfeiting". I may get as much as two years in jail and a 150.000 euros fine. Nobody ever told me if I'm sentenced or considered as innocent, but I've already payed 2000 to 3000 euros, pour for two stays in Paris, plane tickets and lawyer fees. |
Guillermito who is a researcher in molecular biology in Harvard proved wrong to be right.
There's be an unprecedented crisis going on on the Web those days. We won't talk of the upcoming LEN [loi de confiance dans l'économie numérique : digital trust act], but time has come where talking of a software and its failures makes you a pirate.
Les éditeurs préfèrent souvent masquer leurs lacunes, plutôt que de faire amende honorable et gagner en prestige.
To know more:
http://www.guillermito2.net/archives/2004_03_25.html
