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Internet Crime Focus of Black Hat Europe
kierny writes "'The Internet needs crime,' said renowned cryptographer Whitfield Diffie, kicking off the Black Hat Europe conference in Amsterdam. His analysis — that there can't be good guys without bad guys — helps explain not just the rise of black hat hackers and, more recently, hacktivism, but signals that the information security profession will continue to not just be relevant, but demanded, especially as the number of data-spewing devices increases exponentially."
Even if crime didn't exist on the internet, we'd still need the white hats to protect us from politicians.
The privacy invading tripe legislated by our current mob isn't criminal by definition.
You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part.
The (inherent) bad guy in this situation is the danger of the street.
If there is no danger there is no definition for good.
Same goes for limitations, ignorance etc. You can't have it all so
in some respect you always are bad and good. It's like Schrödinger's
feline example with you being the poison.
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