Whistleblowers are always punished and blacklisted. It's a great way to ruin your life. The appropriate response is exposure by anonymously dumping info where it will be exploited so the damage will coerce corrective response.
When you find someone doing evil, attack them without revealing yourself for punishment or you will accomplish nothing. It would have been better to make fools of the perps anonymously than play against them in a legal system they own.
The publicity can also help gather other business. Kevin Mitnick, one of the most notorious criminal hackers, is in business again as a security consultant. And Tsutomo Shimomura, who tracked him down and exposed the gross incompetence of the FBI in employing, shielding, and then losing track of Mr. Mitnick also gained notoriety and business precisely for tracking down Mr. Mitnick despite the FBI's blundering incompetence in the search.
Whistleblowing is also vital for news organizations, who rely on exposes
We cannot command nature except by obeying her.
-- Sir Francis Bacon
All whistleblowing should be done anonymously. (Score:2, Troll)
Whistleblowers are always punished and blacklisted. It's a great way to ruin your life. The appropriate response is exposure by anonymously dumping info where it will be exploited so the damage will coerce corrective response.
When you find someone doing evil, attack them without revealing yourself for punishment or you will accomplish nothing. It would have been better to make fools of the perps anonymously than play against them in a legal system they own.
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The publicity can also help gather other business. Kevin Mitnick, one of the most notorious criminal hackers, is in business again as a security consultant. And Tsutomo Shimomura, who tracked him down and exposed the gross incompetence of the FBI in employing, shielding, and then losing track of Mr. Mitnick also gained notoriety and business precisely for tracking down Mr. Mitnick despite the FBI's blundering incompetence in the search.
Whistleblowing is also vital for news organizations, who rely on exposes