Defense exam analogy debunks 'anything goes' excuse in Hugging Face security incident
jimmykoppel · x · 2026-09-23
Responding to claims around the recent Hugging Face security incident that testing security skills justifies any action, Jimmy Koppel offers an analogy: a self-defense final exam asking you to fight off an attacker doesn't permit committing a felony, and 'crack this safe' doesn't mean 'do whatever it takes.' Testing security skills has bounds, he argues—actions outside authorized scope aren't legitimized by the testing goal.
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