Comment Exploit releasers are all EVIL (Score 1) 112
The general tenor of most of the posts is that big evil corporations don't have their user's interests at heart.
Researchers on the other hand do; but these (at least some) are the people that release exploits.
And I see those exploits flood into my inbox, swirl around my system pollute the web I visit.
Releasing exploit code frequently results in some degenerate somewhere making use of the release exploit to do real damage. How releasing an exploit can ever be seen as the action of anyone but an insane criminal is beyond me.
Researchers who release exploits should be shunned by everyone, they are being irresponsible in the extreme.
Take a real world example, I find that a door to a 'secure' building is unlocked and unguarded. Do I find the building owner/responsible person and tell them or do I erect a sign saying 'Unlocked door, cool stuff inside'. I take the former course of action because the later course is a criminal act.
Oh and my system, its a simple desktop running windows; attacked not infrequently because of security researchers and their vainty.
Researchers on the other hand do; but these (at least some) are the people that release exploits.
And I see those exploits flood into my inbox, swirl around my system pollute the web I visit.
Releasing exploit code frequently results in some degenerate somewhere making use of the release exploit to do real damage. How releasing an exploit can ever be seen as the action of anyone but an insane criminal is beyond me.
Researchers who release exploits should be shunned by everyone, they are being irresponsible in the extreme.
Take a real world example, I find that a door to a 'secure' building is unlocked and unguarded. Do I find the building owner/responsible person and tell them or do I erect a sign saying 'Unlocked door, cool stuff inside'. I take the former course of action because the later course is a criminal act.
Oh and my system, its a simple desktop running windows; attacked not infrequently because of security researchers and their vainty.
