The Ethics of Zero-Day Exploits--The NSA Meets the Trolley Car.

The article discusses the ethics of U.S. government employees concerning the collection of computer software bugs and ransomware vulnerabilities. It discusses the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), public policy education concerning stockpiling, and balanced policies about what are referred to as...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 97 - 104
Main Author: WICKER, STEPHEN B.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jan2021
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