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The ethical implications are often not considered by software developers, thus you get cases like this where the author did not stop to push back, acting as a u
by metildaa 8y ago
The ethical implications are often not considered by software developers, thus you get cases like this where the author did not stop to push back, acting as a useful idiot for the NSA.
There are way too many people like that in tech, who don't stop to take in the bigger picture before performing the requested action.
- Taniwha 8y agoI agree, the first thing he should have asked for is a warrant signed by a judge, and then independently verified it was real.
- Latteland 8y agoAt the very least there are many circumstances where reporters who were reporting on pretty underhanded activities in the us were targeted by the us govt, and what if this situation happened to them. My govt is generally good here in the us, but we know plenty of cases where they didn't have good intentions, this is done to intimidate. So if you are an author of security software, you might keep this in mind. And other countries like Russia and China would definitely put pressure on people to help them.