Last updated: 13 November 2026
Comments on thedark.ai are open so that engineers can discuss, challenge and add to what I write. Disagreement is welcome. This policy sets out the rules that keep the discussion useful for everyone. By posting a comment, you agree to it and to the Terms and Conditions.
1. How moderation works
- Every comment is checked by me before it appears. This can take a day or two, because the site is run by one person.
- I decide which comments are published. Publishing a comment does not mean I agree with it.
- I may remove a comment that breaks this policy at any time, even after it has been published.
- I may fix obvious formatting problems, such as broken code blocks, but I will not change the meaning of what you wrote.
- Comments close automatically 90 days after an article is published. After that, you can still reply to the newsletter issue or write to me by email.
2. What is welcome
- Comments that stay on the topic of the article.
- Technical corrections, counterarguments and your own experience from real systems.
- Questions, including basic ones.
- Comments in English or Greek.
- Links to sources, documentation, papers or code that are relevant to the discussion.
3. What is not allowed
I will not publish, or will remove, comments that:
- attack, insult, threaten or harass the author or other readers. Criticise ideas, not people.
- contain hate speech or discriminate against people because of their origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any similar characteristic.
- are spam, advertising or self-promotion, including affiliate links, links added only for SEO and repeated links to your own product or channel.
- are off topic, or are posted many times.
- contain personal data about other people, such as addresses, phone numbers or private messages, without their consent.
- contain malware, phishing links, exploit code aimed at live systems, stolen credentials or leaked confidential data.
- share confidential information of your employer or anyone else that you have no right to share.
- break copyright, for example by pasting full articles written by others.
- are illegal or encourage illegal activity.
- pretend to be another person or organisation.
- are generated in bulk by AI tools or bots without real human input.
Discussing security topics in general terms, including how attacks work, is fine. Step by step instructions for attacking a specific real system are not.
4. Your responsibility
You are responsible for what you post. Comments express the views of the person who wrote them, not my views or those of any employer or organisation I am connected with. Do not post anything you would not want to be public, because published comments can be read, copied and indexed by search engines.
5. Your data
To post a comment, you give a name and an email address. A website address is optional. Your name, website and comment are shown publicly. Your email address and IP address are never published and are used only for moderation and to prevent abuse. You can use a nickname instead of your real name. Details are in the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy.
6. Editing or deleting your comment
You cannot edit a comment after you post it. If you want me to correct or delete one of your comments, write to [email protected] from the email address you used for the comment, and include a link to the article. I will handle your request as soon as I can.
7. Repeated or serious breaches
If someone breaks this policy repeatedly or seriously, I may block their name, email address or IP address from commenting. Where a comment is illegal, I may keep a copy and report it to the competent authorities.
8. Reporting a comment
If you see a comment that breaks this policy or the law, or that infringes your rights, please write to [email protected] with a link to the comment and a short explanation. I will review it and act quickly. For copyright complaints, see the DMCA and Copyright Policy.
9. Changes to this policy
I may update this policy when needed. The date at the top shows the latest version. The version in force when you post a comment applies to it.