Re:Kevin Mitnick Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits
by hackuser on Wednesday September 24, 2014 @01:12PM
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> Your pro-government rant doesn't fit in this case because the government is one of the customers in the zero day market.
(Legitimate) governments generally are the only legitimate users of 0-days. Governments can legitimately and legally hack into your computer; nobody else can. Governments can legitimately and legally shoot you, but generally nobody else can.
One definition of government is that they have a monopoly on violence.
(I say "generally" above because there are exceptions, of course.)
(Legitimate) governments generally are the only legitimate users of 0-days. Governments can legitimately and legally hack into your computer; nobody else can. Governments can legitimately and legally shoot you, but generally nobody else can.
One definition of government is that they have a monopoly on violence.
(I say "generally" above because there are exceptions, of course.)