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Selling surveillance technology is a booming and legal business in most jurisdictions subject to respective export control laws. But they are not as ethically
by notlukesky 7y ago
Selling surveillance technology is a booming and legal business in most jurisdictions subject to respective export control laws. But they are not as ethically challenged as companies who deliberately sell lemons and backdoors to their customers in return for a payout from the NSA like RSA (part of Dell EMC) did:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-rsa/exclusive-secret-contract-tied-nsa-and-security-industry-pioneer-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-rsa/exclusiv...
https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/20/5231006/nsa-paid-10-million-for-a-back-door-into-rsa-encryption-according-to https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/20/5231006/nsa-paid-10-mill...
- JohnFen 7y agoI don't agree. I think they're equally ethically challenged. I accept that there will always be companies that sell offensive software to governments and the like. What gets my goat is when they aren't portrayed as what they are: sleazebag attackers.