On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 8:10 AM David <da...@gbenet.com> wrote: > > On 12/08/2019 12:25, Juergen Bruckner via Gnupg-users wrote: > > Thats pretty interesting, but the author also says he did this as showcase. > > Nontheless, its not really good to have such a tool "in the wild", and > > even on a plattform like GitHub > > > > regards > > Juergen > > > > Am 11.08.19 um 23:47 schrieb Anonymous Remailer (austria): > >> > >> https://github.com/skeeto/pgp-poisoner > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gnupg-users mailing list > >> Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > >> http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gnupg-users mailing list > > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > > To be frank - putting this code on Github whist demonstrating a point - > was foolish - it put's the code out into the wild - and some silly smart > arse is going to play. > > It also begs the question - who did the attacks on SKS keyservers? "I > have katana and I just wanted to demonstrate cutting people's head's of > because I can." But am not going to accept the responsibility and be > accountable for my actions. Such a position is untenable in Law and in > ethics. > > There are hundreds of thousands of people globally who are employed paid > by their respective intelligence agencies to write malicious code. They > hide behind the fact that they are paid - it's just a day-time 9 to 5 > job - and have no sense of responsibility or accountability working in > contravention of their own countries laws. > > Now you have put the code into the public domain - to prove a point? The > justification and points hardly support an ethical just standpoint. To > say that this was in practice and common knowledge for years - it's new > to me and many thousands of pgp users. Many thousands of people got > infected - and had no thought to back up their king rings and have to > start all over again. > I take you are against CVE lists.
> Just because one can develop a nuclear bomb - it proves real stupidity > to drop it on an unsuspecting public. > > Be Happy! > > David > > -- > People Should Not Be Afraid Of Their Government - Their Government > Should Be Afraid Of The People - When Injustice Becomes Law, REBELLION > Becomes A DUTY! Join the Rebellion Today! The "Captain's B(L)og" > https://gbenet.com > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
