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A Question of Ethics
Scott Granneman, 2006-09-15

Ethics are of incredible importance in the security field. Scott Granneman looks at recent examples of poor security decisions made at HP, Diebold, Sony, and Microsoft.

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Re: A Question of Ethics 2006-10-11
Anonymous-ish
While the spirit of what you suggest is true (companies can equate loss of money with a bad experience) it will likely perpetuate a negative cycle instead of break it.

Sony, as an example, was already worried about lost profits, which is why they commissioned and deployed the infamous "rootkit". ...

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