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> and then telling you about it? The argument against your position that people are trying to get across to you is not that. It is that publication of vulnerab

by effie 9y ago

> and then telling you about it? The argument against your position that people are trying to get across to you is not that. It is that publication of vulnerability without giving heads-up and time to prepare solution to the vendor greatly increases the risk that a user will be harmed by attackers exploiting the public knowledge. Often substantial number of users are not going to mitigate or resolve the problem without their vendor giving out the official solution.

tptacek 9y ago
And if I don't want to jump through whatever random hoops message board nerds have erected and just decide not to disclose at all, exactly how are you better off?
- effie 9y ago
  From this and other similar responses of yours here I think that you do not have a convincing way to resolve the obvious problem with the absolutist 'i can do whatever i want with my research' stance that people here pointed out to you. So you do whataboutism directed at vendors, misrepresent people's arguments or try to pivot the discussion. Perhaps it is time to write less and let the discussion sink in a little. You may find a better way to argue your point, or even find you no longer want to do that.
- kelnos 9y ago
  I don't think anyone's arguing that a researcher has a responsibility to tell anyone. If they find a vulnerability and then decide to completely shelve it, that's fine (if maybe a little pointless?). But if they do decide to do some kind of disclosure, I (and others) would argue that researchers have an ethical responsibility to do so in a way that they believe will do the least harm. It's certainly reasonable to argue which kind of disclosure is the best way to achieve minimal harm, but my opinion is that it's unethical to disclose without considering what method of disclosure will do the least harm, or, worse, just not caring and going for the "biggest splash", as is what it seems these researchers did.

by effie 9y ago

tptacek 9y ago

And if I don't want to jump through whatever random hoops message board nerds have erected and just decide not to disclose at all, exactly how are you better off?

effie 9y ago
From this and other similar responses of yours here I think that you do not have a convincing way to resolve the obvious problem with the absolutist 'i can do whatever i want with my research' stance that people here pointed out to you. So you do whataboutism directed at vendors, misrepresent people's arguments or try to pivot the discussion. Perhaps it is time to write less and let the discussion sink in a little. You may find a better way to argue your point, or even find you no longer want to do that.
kelnos 9y ago
I don't think anyone's arguing that a researcher has a responsibility to tell anyone. If they find a vulnerability and then decide to completely shelve it, that's fine (if maybe a little pointless?). But if they do decide to do some kind of disclosure, I (and others) would argue that researchers have an ethical responsibility to do so in a way that they believe will do the least harm. It's certainly reasonable to argue which kind of disclosure is the best way to achieve minimal harm, but my opinion is that it's unethical to disclose without considering what method of disclosure will do the least harm, or, worse, just not caring and going for the "biggest splash", as is what it seems these researchers did.