Cambridge University refuses to censor student's thesis
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Cambridge University refuses to censor student's thesis
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Re: Cambridge University refuses to censor student's thesis
#2Brilliant. If only more institutions had a spine like the one displayed here.
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#3Previous post/discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039117
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#5Brilliant. If only more institutions had a spine like the one displayed here.
They're legally required to: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039235
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#6To be fair I didn't read this the first time it was on HN - I'm inclined to think that the title of the post is more descriptive than the original, and its deserving front page material, even if it is a duplicate.
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#7First, he thrusts the knife in, then violently twists it -- "Accordingly I have authorised the thesis to be issued as a Computer Laboratory Technical Report. This will make it easier for people to find and to cite, and will ensure that its presence on our web site is permanent....". Classic.
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#9He's a good lecturer too. Funny how being a good lecturer and being a badass correlate.
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#10Wouldn't it have been far nobler to approach the banks affected by the exploit with these findings rather than publishing schematics for the exploit into the public domain?