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Looking at the titles of some of the videos, it seemed to be more about how to pirate commercial software than security. I think YouTube probably did the right
by _wldu 6y ago
Looking at the titles of some of the videos, it seemed to be more about how to pirate commercial software than security. I think YouTube probably did the right thing.
https://codeofhacking.blogspot.com/2018/01/burp-suite-pro-v1730-cracked-version.html https://codeofhacking.blogspot.com/2018/01/burp-suite-pro-v1...
- R0b0t1 6y agoYouTube is free to do what they want but sensible actions should be informed by the law. Currently, you can't be charged with anything for describing how to do something. It goes even further: you can sell a kit with instructions on how to make something illegal and this is perfectly fine.
- _wldu 6y agoThe channel seemed to be offering links to download pirated software too. If this was occurring, YouTube did the right thing. "Burp Suite v1.7.30 Pro Cracked Version Download Details:- Version:- 1.7.30 Pro License Expires:- Dec 2 , 2018 Size:- 26 MB Download links:- https://drive.google.com https://drive.google.com..."
- electro_blah 6y ago"links to download pirated software" hehe you should look at google
- R0b0t1 6y agoThat is definitely different, yes.
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- tootie 6y agoPiracy is illegal.
- unixhero 6y agoA victimless crime.
- matheusmoreira 6y agoWe should make it legal. Copyright should be abolished.
- ddevault 6y agoProprietary software is inherently unethical, so I support anyone teaching people how to pirate it. YouTube did the predictable thing, but not the right thing.
- akerl_ 6y agoAt what point in the process of making software does proprietary software become unethical? If I open a restaurant and sell food, but don’t publish my recipes, that isn’t unethical? If I make software, and I choose to offer it for money but not offer the source, what is unethical about my behavior?
- ddevault 6y ago>At what point in the process of making software does proprietary software become unethical? The start. >If I open a restaurant and sell food, but don’t publish my recipes, that isn’t unethical? No - this is also unethical. >If I make software, and I choose to offer it for money but not offer the source, what is unethical about my behavior? If software runs on the user's hardware or uses the user's data, I have a right to know how it works, to modify it to do something different, and to share those modifications with others. I hold the copyright to those modifications, and I should even be able to sell it to others. The software is just information at that point, and information is inherently valueless - it's the creation and distribution of information that costs money. And money itself, remember, is an abstraction for value, not valuable in and of itself. Just because something is a viable business model does not make it ethically agreeable. Note for recipes that restaurants are required to share some information, like ingredient lists and nutritional content. This doesn't go far enough, but even at this level of transparency, the food industry is held more accountable than software.
- akerl_ 6y agoI think it’s clear that we have fundamentally differing opinions on what constitutes “ethics”. If I make something, it’s perfectly ethical for me to decide my criteria for giving it to somebody else. If the cost I impose or the restrictions I require are too onerous, nobody is going to agree to enter into a transaction with me. But if they do, they’ve agreed to pay my cost and abide by my terms. The same is true of meals at a restaurant or sale of land or any other societal transaction. As a consumer of food, I can take as a personal stance the ideal that I’ll only eat food if I can know the recipe, but restaurants aren’t obligated to change their offering to account for me, any more than I’m obligated to eat at their establishments.