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by code_duck 5323 days ago
> 'No one is at all concerned that this is a hack?'

You're asking that on a site called 'Hacker News' if I'm not mistaken. It is indeed a 'hack', a clever and skilled exploration of technology carried out with perfectly good or neutral intent.

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That's right, Hacker News is about compromising security and cracking software.... How did I miss that all this time?

My initial post (which has been down voted out of existence) is a valid point.

I don't actually care whether Apple get hacked or not. I was curious what people thought of publishing a 'hack/crack' like this.

Lots of rationalising going on, but to me it still seems wrong. I'd hate people to leverage my work (even for 'personal use') without my permission. Interesting how 'hackers' are happy to hack other peoples stuff, but cry out when it's their own stuff getting hacked.

The "hacker" part of the title is ironic. Any hacker news here is purely accidental.