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One of many reasons why I'm thankful I've been able to avoid working on software that has military applications. :-/
by richev 9y ago
One of many reasons why I'm thankful I've been able to avoid working on software that has military applications. :-/
- enriquto 9y agohow do you know? people who use your programs do not necessarily tell you
- enriquto 9y agoThis is a legitimate question, it has happened to me. I published some codes for image processing and then learned that they were being used by a private armament company for missile guidance.
- megamindbrian 9y agoWe had a similar programming problem for a Capstone project. We were told it was for solar panel tracking, but it could have easily been applied to something else.
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- SilasX 9y ago"I just work on the theory of prime numbers. No way will they ever find a military use for that!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(cryptosystem)#Operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(cryptosystem)#Operation