3 ms·
He wrote a R.A.T. There are lots of R.A.T.s out there and this is nothing out of the ordinary. It's a common research project. People decided to take issue w
by busterarm 7y ago
He wrote a R.A.T. There are lots of R.A.T.s out there and this is nothing out of the ordinary. It's a common research project. People decided to take issue with the fact that it has a webcam capture feature, like any other modern RAT, and blew it way out of proportion.
His software isn't targeting stalking women. You can use Facebook to abuse women too if you want.
- pnako 7y agoI remember that the EFF used to defend programmers freedom against the government's arguments that hacking tools / exploits could be misused and should be regulated. What happened? This seems like a total reversal of position. edit: according to this thread, the EFF is indeed full of shit. Sad. https://twitter.com/pwnsdx/status/1192459212611342336 https://twitter.com/pwnsdx/status/1192459212611342336
- busterarm 7y agoEFF threw grugq and every exploit developer under the bus way back in 2011 or 2012 when they literally made up a quote attributed to grugq where they claimed he said "the only reason I don't sell exploits to the Middle East is that they don't pay enough". He had to clarify his position stating which governments he sold exploits to and why (basically only Five Eyes). TBH, the infosec industry is full of (vipers) people posturing, trying to protect their secret knowledge and exert control over who has what capabilities (just like traditional government spies do). The author's mistake was open sourcing his RAT and putting it on GitHub.