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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Counter-counterpoint: he could work as a pentester, where his sole purpose is to just break into things.

Leave the policy making and actual hardening to someone else.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then comes the issue of a rogue pentester selling his clients zerodays into black market for crypto. Don't know if the myth of being hired by government agencies is true.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I know nothing about anything but I definitely believe the government would do it. If anyone has the power to keep the hackers acting nice it's the government. Especially if they write your paychecks.