Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren

to write a bit about why I wrote something. I complained to him that he

has some "mechanical" posts on this blog that just mention he wrote

something with some questions, and don't really blog about why he wrote

something. He challenged me to write about why I wrote something, so

here I am.

I had written about the Best Western case a few times, since it had so many angles that inspired me. However when I saw a rebuttal that said the reporting might have been wrong, I immediately thought about the issues with security vulnerabilities and responsible disclosure.

The idea was to debate the point between the public's need to know and irresponsible journalism. I think people need to know about issues in the digital world, especially when it could affect them. But I don't want to see journalists putting things out there that aren't true, just to get ratings.