<p>[introduction] <br>v3nt3d is deeply sad at the new trend of morally accepted blackmail by researchers, known better as a web application security awareness day. </p>
<p>sincere researchers are coming forward more frequently to threaten companies with a web application security awareness day.</p>
<p>because they are known to be sincere they are morally left off the hook from what is known by v3nt3d to be straight forward blackmail. </p>
<p>blackmail is illegal, for this reason v3nt3d wishes to make the following recommendations: </p>
<p>[1]web application security awareness day campaigns are blackmail on the part of the researcher, all should be outlawed by government. </p>
<p>[2]v3nt3d calls on the government to make it highly illegal and morally unacceptable to threaten a web application security awareness day for a vendor and its customers </p>
<p>[3]security researchers think its "fun" but all it amounts to is blackmail </p>
<p>[4]all blackmail attempts shouldn't be dressed up as harmless fun </p>
<p>[5]governments need to wake up and swiftly arrest those making web application security awareness day claims in the future </p>
<p>[6]corporations and its consumers shouldn't be scared mongered and threatened by individuals </p>
<p>[7]researchers shouldn't use their real name or real place of employment and expect exclusion from legal action against blackmail </p>
<p>[8]researchers shouldn't be allowed to profit or gain career opportunities by such claims to action by the researcher </p>
<p>[9]researchers should be taken into custody, questioned and have their hardware obtained for forensic analysis before a web application security awareness day is due to start </p>
<p>[10]individuals threatening to carry out a web application security awareness day shouldn't be labelled as "security researchers" by the media and security experts </p>
<p>[11]such individuals should be clearly labelled as "criminals", "malicious attackers" and "blackhats", no matter what other "friendly" or "useful" research they've carried out in the past. </p>
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