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Re:About the “Security Issue” on VLC by ryanlol on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:46AM (#20515792)
Does this universal duty to work for free only concern security research?

>You can't just publish information harmful to public

It’s simply ridiculous to describe full disclosure like that.

Re:About the “Security Issue” on VLC by throwaway_391 on Friday July 26, 2019 @09:03AM (#20534446)
I've heard some interesting arguments about publicly dropping 0days to make organisations pull their heads in - Places like Microsoft which historically weren't -great- at security 'deserved' it. I'm not saying that argument is right or wrong, but it was interesting nonetheless.

But dropping a 0day irresponsibly can lead to actual impact - what happens if a good person is persecuted, or executed because of the information you disclosed publicly? What about a hundred. Or a thousand?

Re:About the “Security Issue” on VLC by effie on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:15AM (#20516068)
I did not say duty to work for free, but duty to observe some restrictions and weighing positive/negative impacts of your publications on society if you choose to work in that domain.
Re:About the “Security Issue” on VLC by ryanlol on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:28AM (#20516199)
Publicly dropping a bug is still better for the public than keeping it secret. Full disclosure is charity.