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The idea that a security company would discourage people from learning about something, particularly in a safe environment, is horrifying to me (someone who has
by tedivm 13y ago
The idea that a security company would discourage people from learning about something, particularly in a safe environment, is horrifying to me (someone who has worked in a security company). It seems like applying the policy way too tightly- there's a huge difference between a "virus writer" and "someone who wrote a virus in an academic setting and never released it publicly".
The real horrifying part though is the fact that the people who want to solve the problem are being discouraged from doing so by the thread of blacklisting. On one level it's immoral, on another it's self destructive. More schools should be offering classes like this.
- davidgerard 13y agoCertainly ten or more years ago, antivirus companies actively sought out virus writers. In those days the virus writers were more likely to be troublemaking kids rather than organised crime, and it was much more fun to be the gamekeeper than the poacher.
- jeremiep 13y agoCould explain why there are no good anti-virus softwares on the market! All I see are bloated monstrosities only able to catch the less harmful viruses. Even before I switched away from Windows I never used them.