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Undercover NBC Dateline reporter bolts from DEFCON 2007

Undercover NBC Dateline reporter bolts from DEFCON 2007With all due respectsIt's good and rather funny to see them get caught with their knickers down. Hopefully the network will apologize to the attendees sure they will or at least show the outing on one of the news shows.more due respectYou're...

Tags: Undercover NBC Dateline

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

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Something uncomfortable about Defcon's treatment of Dateline NBC reporter

Something uncomfortable about Defcon's treatment of Dateline NBC reporterStandards of her professionThe standards of the hacker world aren't relevant in this case, the standards of the reporter world are. She apparently didn't do too good in living up to the standards for undercover reporting and still persisted in her...

Tags: Quality, Hacking, Nothing

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

Something uncomfortable about DEFCON's treatment of Dateline NBC reporter

I don't know about you but after watching the video and reading the reports (George Ou, Techmeme, Threat Level) about DEFCON's outing of Dateline NBC producer Michelle Madigan, I came away with an uncomfortable feeling that it was rather childish, over-the-top and unnecessary.For starters, there's the irony of underground hackers...

Tags: Hacking, TV, Reporter, Hacker, Conference, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-06

News to know: Fake Steve Jobs outed; Dateline vs. DEFCON; Microsoft and 3D

Notable headlines:New York Times: A Mystery Solved: ‘Fake Steve’ Blogger Comes Clean. Damn, I am so busted, yo. Larry Dignan: Fake Steve Jobs outed by New York Times. Techmeme.Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain. George Ou: Undercover NBC Dateline reporter bolts from DEFCON 2007.Top 10 reviews of...

Tags: Steve Jobs, 3D, Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Undercover NBC Dateline reporter bolts from DEFCON 2007

Undercover reporter Michelle Madigan Associate Producer of NBC Dateline got a little more than she bargained for when she tried to sneak in to DEFCON 2007 with hidden cameras to get someone to confess to a felony.  When DEFCON staff announced the "spot the undercover reporter" game and told the...

Tags: DEFCON 2007, George Ou, Michelle Madigan, NBC Universal Inc.

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Perverted-Justice.com: Police work outsourced?

An interesting relationship is developing between local law enforcement and the website Perverted-Justice.com. The site puts its online volunteers at the disposal of police departments and the "Dateline NBC" show, where would-be pedophiles are busted live on TV in a coordinated sting, The New York Times reports. Despite that...

Tags: outsource, Perverted Justice, entrapment

Blog posts 2006-12-13