Comment Re:Must hackers be such dicks about this? (Score 4, Insightful) 270
"Don't look behind the curtain" is not security, however much it gives you the warm and fuzzies.
So he's scaring people and breaking/threatening-to-break his word, and they're being dicks to him. This may not be statutory justice, but it's poetic.
Unless he "agreed" to it in the context of a consent decree, that conversation has no more legal binding than agreeing to "keep your nose clean and stay out of trouble". Sorry if that scares you, but we all have the right - and in this case, I would dare say a moral obligation, to expose security flaws in commercial air travel.
If this really bothers you, try venting your ire at Boeing, not at the messenger.