white-hat
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A white-hat hacker is one who finds organisations' leaks and security flaws without malicious intent.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
Ms. Thompson has pleaded not guilty, and her lawyers say her actions — scanning for online vulnerabilities and exploring what they exposed — were those of a “novice white-hat hacker.”
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Some developers were angry that the university had intentionally wasted the maintainers’ time — which is a key difference between Minnesota’s work and a white-hat hacker poking around the Starbucks app for a bug bounty.
From The Verge • Apr. 30, 2021
“This is not a white-hat company,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2020
There sat he in his loose jeans coat and broad white-hat, talking farmer-like, betting bravely, and altogether a stranger to both banker and croupier!
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
