> I find everyone talking about black markets etc. kind of ridiculous. Really? You would sell something like this, so someone can be spied upon or maybe literally chopped to pieces?
I work with some security engineers who in previous jobs used to write exploits for the highest bidder. Their stuff ended up being used for exactly this. One of them even told me quite proudly, you know that exploit that was in the news, that was mine.
The lack of any ethical framework other than "I want to make as much money as possible" viscerally disgusts me. And there is far too much of this in our industry, it's rife with this sort of ingrained dollar-chasing selfishness with not a care of the consequences.
Good on you for taking a positive ethical stand against this. It's very refreshing to hear.
I work with some security engineers who in previous jobs used to write exploits for the highest bidder. Their stuff ended up being used for exactly this. One of them even told me quite proudly, you know that exploit that was in the news, that was mine.
The lack of any ethical framework other than "I want to make as much money as possible" viscerally disgusts me. And there is far too much of this in our industry, it's rife with this sort of ingrained dollar-chasing selfishness with not a care of the consequences.
Good on you for taking a positive ethical stand against this. It's very refreshing to hear.