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

Its value resides in a cadre of white-hat hackers who are spread around the world.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2021

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