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The issue here is the conflict of interest. They now have an incentive to hoard 0days instead of having a moral responsibility to responsible disclosure. We pay
by maerF0x0 3y ago
The issue here is the conflict of interest. They now have an incentive to hoard 0days instead of having a moral responsibility to responsible disclosure. We pay for them (the gov't) to discover these things, and then they fail to protect us when they know full well they exist.
IMO they should have to disclose 0days and using them between disclosure and patch is an ethical grey zone.
- halJordan 3y agoThere's not a new incentive being created. The fbi already has a robust offensive cyber team.
- maerF0x0 3y agocorrect, but it's an incremental increase of the general issue of "Should law enforcement be allowed to break the law in the process of their work?"
- knewter 3y agoThe issue here is the fourth amendment