Keeping information under wraps just encourages more security theater, like people believing that locks actually work to deter skilled attackers, whatsoever. They really don't. They deter casual attackers at best.
ultimately, nearly everything can be destroyed in such a way as to gain whatever access to anything that you want.
A trustless society is a pipedream, but security theater creates an emphasis that limits plausible deniability. an attacker can no longer claim they targeted something they believed no one cared about, or that wasnt a big deal. For example, the level of theater involved in the TSA does not exist to catch every possible threat to aircraft. It exists so if anyone is dumb enough to smuggle a weapon through it and get caught then security can arguably gun them down on the spot. without the theater, the social contract is less obvious, and the plausible deniability for the attacker is stronger
I know it seems like no such laws exist, as almost all serious cyber-crime is cross-border and done anonymously, making it nigh-impossible to prosecute.
But when you're an honest cybersecurity researcher, posting your findings openly under your own name? You're one of the few people who can be prosecuted.
I miss the web being less career focused and more crazy
It's almost like something is happening to make sure this happens endlessly. It's probably nothing