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The article states that he had tried telling the manufacturers for years about these vulnerabilities. That means every time one of these planes flies all passen
by efnx 11y ago
The article states that he had tried telling the manufacturers for years about these vulnerabilities. That means every time one of these planes flies all passengers are at risk. If he has to pull a stunt like this to raise awareness in order for the vulnerabilities to be fixed, who is putting more people at risk? This is an ethics question and it's a hard one. There are no direct analogies. This is pretty much par for the course with security researchers and big corporations. It usually takes some big negative publicity and a public scare for a manufacturer to do a recall, which makes sense because recalls are expensive.
- Nadya 11y agoThere are two tracks on a railroad. An unguarded lever allows someone to switch which rail the track leads to. A fellow has told the train company to secure the lever so that only their qualified individuals can pull it. They've ignored this fellow for years. The fellow see two trains are approaching on the separate tracks. They decide to pull the lever - temporarily placing the lives of everyone on each train at risk of a collision. Before the trains are in danger of switching tracks, they pull the lever again. A bunch of people were scared, but no real harm was done. One day, a malicious person could be the one that pulls the lever and kills hundreds of people. The company has been putting lives at risk for years - but only after receiving bad press regarding the insecure lever have they decided to invest in its security. The end.