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RE: Re: Ethics, morality and the industry
From: "Melson, Paul" <PMelson () sequoianet com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:07:04 -0500
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In more ways that one, I should expect. For example: Where's the down-side in engaging in such criminal behaviour? I execute a few (?) high-profile cracks, become known as an Evil Genius, get arrested (maybe not in that order), go to prison for a couple years or so, get out, have a ready-made lucrative career in public speaking or security consulting?
The down-side would be going to prison for a couple of years. There are some things I simply refuse to consider where it comes to advancing my career, and time in jail is at the top of that list without a close second.
Speaking of security consulting: What kind of customer would hire a security consulting firm that knowingly employed (ex-)criminals? I understand the attraction of employing such people. What I don't understand is the "thinking" behind actually doing so. I suspect it has nothing whatsoever to do with improving a security company's capabilities.
Cheap publicity, plain & simple. Being a convicted felon is a huge mark against you in trying to break into (no pun intended) the white collar working world. If folks like Kevin Mitnick didn't have the relative celebrity to go with their criminal record, they'd be unemployable. I also believe that many firms hype this more than they actually practice it, taking advantage of the media-driven mythology surrounding the extremely small number of actually famous criminal hackers. PaulM _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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