Unethical computer research?
Well I´m back, and I´m pissed off again.
It seems like a group of scientists have been banging their heads against the wall trying to come up with a new way to monitor every internet user.
Read sum here
collection keystrokes and remote reconfiguration.. Sounds like a trojan to me.
And if it´s gonna work like a cookie it should be a bitch to keep of the computer. Imagine if you don´t have to accept anything and this c**p auto downloads. Ok, I´m trying to start a fire here, I would be bound to be able to stop it and so should most of you be too. But for the main users out there this looks like a problem.
And the realy nice part is that they are gonna receive a grant. In the long run this could spring some new business but is it worth the potential risk? Should people research in this area (with goverment/business grants)? Would you do it? Maybe this will become non-platform dependant, then what?
As for me, I would have a bit of trouble justifying this to myself. The chances that some company (read M$) would like to incorporate this into their systems is not al that remote. (for your own good ofcourse) Hell, this makes Gator and the rest of them look like babies.
*edit note* Yup, this is the same story that Acidspectrum posted in General chit chat. I´m more in the interest of the answers to the questions I´m stating.
Maybe I should have posted my questions in General but since this is a thread with a bit more philosophy I thought that I´d have a go here :)
