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Talk about black marketsTalk about black marketsPosted Mar 29, 2012 10:51 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: Talk about black markets by njwhite Parent article: Security quotes of the week Well, your government has a right to break into your house and confiscate your computers. That is not negotiable at this point in History (and pretty much at any point). But supposedly we as citizens have certain guarantees, or least we can be aware of the risks. But having 0-day exploits for browsers means that other governments can break into computers remotely and without any due process.
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Talk about black markets Posted Apr 11, 2012 12:45 UTC (Wed) by massimiliano (subscriber, #3048) [Link] Well, your government has a right to break into your house and confiscate your computers. That is not negotiable at this point in History (and pretty much at any point). This is in some way fair: sometimes breaking into somebody's house is necessary to provide security for everybody else. What's creepy about "legally" exploiting zero days exploits is that if the police breaks into my house at least I know it, I can require the police to show me why they did it, and I can arrange some kind of legal defense if I think I deserve it. If the authorities "legally" break into my computer I have no notification at all... this is what makes me feel it's "plain wrong".
Talk about black markets Posted Apr 11, 2012 20:53 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]
> Well, your government has a right to break into your house and confiscate your computers.
That's a power, not a right.
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