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Re:US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuha... by tremon on Sunday February 14, 2021 @07:08AM (#26131696)
there should be a global ban on gain-of-function experiments on deadly viruses and bacteria.

Would you make the same argument for software vulnerability research? I think the arguments against both are the same, and with the same result: white-hat researchers will halt their work, leaving more of the field available to black-hat researcers.

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Re:US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuha... by silvestrov on Sunday February 14, 2021 @07:46AM (#26131946)
It is much easier to contain bad software than it is to contain an virus that spreads using aerosols.

It is also much easier to stop bad software than bad biology. Software is much simpler than the human body.

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Re:US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuha... by diabeticApe on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:58AM (#26139568)
Maybe so but i would assume the barrier to entry for creating a synthetic pathogen is likely to be much higher than somebody tinkering with a Kali Linux VM. I dont know much about gain of function experiments and limited working infosec knowledge so take that with a grain of salt.
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