Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA...
by korethr on Friday January 04, 2019 @06:54PM
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The revealed track record of the various three-letter-agencies in the past decade does not vote in their favor in this case.
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Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA...
by ummonk on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:42PM
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I don’t think their track record shows them caring enough about money that they’d break the law to do it. Sure they’ll happily break civil liberties laws or laws regarding assassinating foreign politicians and the like, but that is because those can’t be solved by simply spending more.
Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA...
by azinman2 on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:59PM
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Track record of software piracy?
Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA...
by ALittleLight on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:45PM
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I don't think it's quite "the law and personal morality" as much as it is "not my money to pay for the licenses, whereas I might get fired, pay a fine, or go to jail if I give the direction to steal the software."
In the same way, it's not my personal morality or the law that prevents me from stealing the supplies my company needs in order to help my employer cut costs or burning down the buildings of our rivals. Those things wouldn't help me personally but they expose me to lots of risk. That the law and morality agree with self interest is a happy coincidence.
Re:NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA...
by jjoonathan on Friday January 04, 2019 @09:30PM
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That's not how it works. Big people get away with breaking big rules, but little people do not get away with breaking little rules.