Comment by kstenerud

The problem is a common one, where someone reaches a conclusion after a sloppy investigation.

From the letter, it sounds like this guy had his life ruined, and upon investigating the hacker tools used to ruin his project and life, he jumped on the name that appeared the most in the source code.

The screenshots would have been an "I know it's you" message to him, which the sender would assume is more than enough to let him know the meaning of his email. And indeed, if Daniel had been writing haxx0r tools, the message and intent would have been crystal clear.

At this point the sender would be assuming that Daniel is just playing games with him and playing dumb, so he's pouring out his story to shame Daniel over the damage that his hacker tool has done.

If someone were to write tools specifically for evil purposes, and your life were ruined by use of said tools, you'd be screaming mad, too. And probably seeking revenge.

Except that his investigation was sloppy and incomplete; Daniel doesn't write hacker tools, he writes a HTTP client library. He's no more guilty of facilitating hacking than the writer of any runtime library's HTTP client code.

Normally, this would be a matter of setting the facts straight, but in this case a criminal investigation would probably be in order.