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One of these things doesn't negate or excuse the other; both can happen at the same time. You're engaging in "whataboutism".
by mrtesthah 5y ago
One of these things doesn't negate or excuse the other; both can happen at the same time. You're engaging in "whataboutism".
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoIf you sell a knife, and it's used for a stabbing, are you culpable? Thousands of people buy knives every day, and most of them don't stab anyone. So unless there was good reason to suspect something, we would say no. Most zerodays are probably not bought by china to spy on dissidents, they are more like knives. On the contrary, when we sell bombs to Saudis we can be 95% sure they will be used in Yemen.
- saagarjha 5y agoWhat exactly do you do with a zero day that isn't "use it against someone"?
- mrtesthah 5y agoZero-days, unlike knives, are not dual-use instruments. The only people buying those zero-days are incorporating them into surveillance and monitoring systems. Literally, how else could an exploit be monetized? Stealing crypto-wallets?
- jessaustin 5y agoImportant information about "whataboutism": https://theoutline.com/post/8610/united-states-russia-whataboutism-cold-war-trump https://theoutline.com/post/8610/united-states-russia-whatab...