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Re:The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe by statictype on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:34PM (#11568795)
The sole value of your "product" is to actively harm the vendor's product. It doesn't provide any other value (unless you want to claim that it can be sold for educational purpose).
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Re:The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe by zpharer on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:37PM (#11568805)
Couldn't that be compared to, say, selling protective sportswear. That is also selling protection from harm. Now if the researcher threatens to auction off the exploit...
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Re:The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe by sqeaky on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:58PM (#11568895)
This is like the exact opposite. It would be more selling "not punches" as long as you buy I will show you all the places I could have punched you. You can guess what I do if you don't pay the known hacker/puncher.
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Re:The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe by tptacek on Monday April 25, 2016 @11:28PM (#11569239)
Guess away! What then, if you don't buy? Enough innuendo.
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Re:The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe by tptacek on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:38PM (#11568809)
So don't buy it!
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