Comments on: Ethics prevents acting for good http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/04/30/ethics-prevents-acting-for-good/ Software, Process and Security Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:53:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Keith McMillan http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/04/30/ethics-prevents-acting-for-good/#comment-1841 Keith McMillan Thu, 01 May 2008 23:11:19 +0000 http://www.adeptechllc.com/?p=108#comment-1841 Your remarks are true. I think I might be a tad upset if my computer vendor pushed an update at me that I didn't request. Oh, wait, Microsoft already does that! I think there's a question here of a greater good, though. An infected machine is a danger to the internet society, as it will infect others as soon as it gets a chance. Is it better to have some people with a smoking hole for a computer, or another 1,000 infected machines in a botnet? When does it become a problem that these networks are out there? I hope it's before they take out some major piece of infrastructure like the power grid. Your remarks are true. I think I might be a tad upset if my computer vendor pushed an update at me that I didn’t request. Oh, wait, Microsoft already does that!

I think there’s a question here of a greater good, though. An infected machine is a danger to the internet society, as it will infect others as soon as it gets a chance. Is it better to have some people with a smoking hole for a computer, or another 1,000 infected machines in a botnet? When does it become a problem that these networks are out there? I hope it’s before they take out some major piece of infrastructure like the power grid.

]]> By: Andy Kailhofer http://www.adeptechllc.com/2008/04/30/ethics-prevents-acting-for-good/#comment-1822 Andy Kailhofer Thu, 01 May 2008 14:28:02 +0000 http://www.adeptechllc.com/?p=108#comment-1822 Of course, the problem comes from when a well-meaning but less-l33t "good guy" does a removal which leaves a smoking hole where a computer once stood---"The operation was a success, but the patient had better have made a backup..." Of course, the problem comes from when a well-meaning but less-l33t “good guy” does a removal which leaves a smoking hole where a computer once stood—”The operation was a success, but the patient had better have made a backup…”

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