Friday talking point: A question of hacking ethics

Wow. Difficult either way: I've seen stories (but cannot find them) that Yahoo! and other email providers wouldn't people the access to people's email and whatnot after they had died (soldiers included), so there is a precendent for that.

However, given the fact that someone is going to get on there, why not get on, give them the photos (since I'm sure that's what they REALLY want), and call it a day? Since you could just pull the HD out and put it in a case, there wouldn't be much "hacking" done at all.; Posted by: Norcross Posted on: 10/31/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Wow. Difficult either way Norcross | 10/31/08

Re providers and email Rick_R | 10/31/08

What would you want? Rick_R | 10/31/08

A clarification ... Rick_R | 10/31/08

The author gave the solution Anton Philidor | 10/31/08

Who owns the laptop? iTeaBoy | 10/31/08

Most interesting.... ridingthewind | 10/31/08

The pictures yes... TripleII | 10/31/08

Open up the topic Rick_R | 10/31/08

This is really simple fdickiejr@... | 10/31/08

Don't touch it... ~Obelix~ | 10/31/08

For my club's newsletter... djchandler | 10/31/08

Passwords are set for a reason boogie2277@... | 11/03/08

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