Agreed, you're basically someone else's session who did the right thing and paid up. I fail to understand why anyone with a decent moral compass would want to do this.
The HN Title is (I can't see the actual article as the machine is hosed):
"How to get Gogo in-flight wireless internet for free"
gogo-in-flight-wireless-internet-free
Or am I missing something?
Yes, you're missing something. The article is a disclosure of a security vulnerability that has already been reported to the company responsible, including notice that it would be published and a request for confirmation that it has been fixed. (Edit: but your response is reasonable - I can see how the article title is misleading.)