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It depends on which ethical framework you subscribe to, but if I were in your shoes using my ethical framework, it seems like the small cost to me to purchasing
by ganstyles 6y ago
It depends on which ethical framework you subscribe to, but if I were in your shoes using my ethical framework, it seems like the small cost to me to purchasing an available domain (making the assumption here it's a standard buy and it's not one of those "make an offer for $10k" domains...) to mitigate a lot of potential hurt to other people would make me lean toward just purchasing the domain myself, or at least making the correct people aware. An equally valid counterexample would be a framework where you didn't cause the harm, so you have no obligation to intervene.
- jjeaff 6y agoYour ethical framework in this case could clash with the arguably broken legal framework that we currently live in. Buying a domain like that could get you into legal trouble once it is found out and people track sensitive traffic funneling to the domain. Even if you aren't doing anything with the information.
- dopylitty 6y agoThis, exactly. One thing I've learned about "infosec" companies is that their litigiousness is inversely proportional to their actual level of security. The similar domains I've seen are only $9 though so it's just a matter of time.