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The FBI hired shady grey digital mercenaries (my apologies if I
butthurt anyone on this list or their friends) to crack the San
Bernardino shooter's iPhone.<br>
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Washington Post:<br>
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<blockquote>The people who helped the U.S. government come from the
sometimes shadowy world of hackers and security researchers who
profit from finding flaws in companies’ software or systems.<br>
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Some hackers, known as “white hats,” disclose the vulnerabilities
to the firms responsible for the software or to the public so they
can be fixed and are generally regarded as ethical. Others, called
“black hats,” use the information to hack networks and steal
people’s personal information.<br>
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At least one of the people who helped the FBI in the San
Bernardino case falls into a third category, often considered
ethically murky: researchers who sell flaws — for instance, to
governments or to companies that make surveillance tools.<br>
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This last group, dubbed “gray hats,”<br>
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More:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-paid-professional-hackers-one-time-fee-to-crack-san-bernardino-iphone/2016/04/12/5397814a-00de-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-paid-professional-hackers-one-time-fee-to-crack-san-bernardino-iphone/2016/04/12/5397814a-00de-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html</a><br>
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RR
"Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them, neutralize them"</pre>
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