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// terminal_v1.0
Personal blog · bluetouff.comsecurity
// terminal_v1.0 is a personal blog at bluetouff.com about security. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this French blog for its coverage of a journalist's prosecution over accessing a public government URL, and for its take on French law around unauthorised access and security research.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
And he's also wrong. I assume he's French, and French law specifically says that any unwanted access to restricted parts of a "data processing system" is punishable by a hefty fine and/or prison time. For example, I think bug/vul bounties programs are illegal in France (but IANAL). A relatively famous French blogger was convicted once in trial for having publicly reported that a governemental agency was letting Goog…
Comment linking /2013/04/25/la-non-affaire-bluetouff-vs-anses/
on “What one may find in robots.txt”Submitted "For security reasons, please do not use the following words" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionPretty useless until Maître Éolas won't correct the few important mistakes he made in his blog post. Olivier pointed them out in his tweets. If you can read french you shouldn't be reading Maître Éolas (although he's usually great) but Bluetouff's own blog posts: http://bluetouff.com/2013/04/25/la-non-affaire-bluetouff-vs-... http://bluetouff.com/2014/01/10/cher-contribuable-je-te-dema...
Comment linking /2014/01/10/cher-contribuable-je-te-demande-pardon/
on “ French journalist "hacks" govt by inputting correct URL, later fined $4,000+”
