undefined | Better HN

0 pointsx0x09y ago0 comments

No, you can sell to the appropriate folks who will effectively launder the legal risk for you. Someone like Hacking Team.

0 comments

dmix9y ago

Hacking Teams exploits were released and they are nothing like the one in this blog post.

x0x0OP9y ago

There is a gov (or close enough for Hacking Team/peers work) out there interested in stripping passwords from the most privacy sensitive individuals, who likely heavily overlap with activists.

thieving_magpie9y ago

That's disingenuous. It's still illegal for a citizen to do this.

x0x0OP9y ago

Selling it to sketchy vendors and doing "see no evil" appears to be perfectly legal. Unless you have some data otherwise?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsx0x09y ago0 comments

No, you can sell to the appropriate folks who will effectively launder the legal risk for you. Someone like Hacking Team.

0 comments

dmix9y ago

Hacking Teams exploits were released and they are nothing like the one in this blog post.

x0x0OP9y ago

There is a gov (or close enough for Hacking Team/peers work) out there interested in stripping passwords from the most privacy sensitive individuals, who likely heavily overlap with activists.

thieving_magpie9y ago

That's disingenuous. It's still illegal for a citizen to do this.

x0x0OP9y ago

Selling it to sketchy vendors and doing "see no evil" appears to be perfectly legal. Unless you have some data otherwise?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse