Re: [Dailydave] Hacking software is lame -- try medical research...

[Simon Smith <simon () snosoft com>]

Just like technology research (hacking)... but... if you are the one
that finds a cure, you'll make your buck too.

M. Shirk wrote:
> There is more money to be made in the treatment of a disease, then
> actually finding a cure.
>
> Remind you of anything?
>
> Shirkdog
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> > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:37:20 -0700
> > From: kristian.hermansen () gmail com
> > To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk; dailydave () lists immunitysec com
> > Subject: [Dailydave] Hacking software is lame -- try medical research...
> >
> > Some interesting discussion came up on some security lists this week
> > and it got me to thinking. Yes, hacking software is lame. Cool, so
> > you found some vulnerabilities in some widely distributed application,
> > service, or OS and it is patched just as quickly. Why don't we spend
> > our time and valuable energy researching cures for rare or popular
> > diseases instead? For instance, my brother (Jon Hermansen) has a very
> > rare disease called Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. It is also better
> > known as LCH. It can be identified as causing such further diseases
> > as Diabetes Insipidus, which is also uncommon (not sugar diabetes).
> > Have you heard of these diseases before? Let me educate you…
> >
> > General Information:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langerhans_cell_histiocytosis
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_insipidus
> >
> > Seven Part Video Series:
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=KkBRqZS8nfM
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=w1h6ZjxF-To
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=0ojbJpERlt8
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=dzUqdYofMCQ
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=lNhzwNYhi0M
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=nY9DDEhShcE
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=5_8SEYyEZGI
> >
> > And even worse than this, a friend of mine who is a PhD student in
> > Math at Berkeley has an even rarer disease known as Gaucher's Disease.
> > This costs $550,000 / year to treat. That's a hefty bill every year
> > (you make that much doing security vulns?), and some insurance
> > companies might refuse to accept you due to "pre-existing" conditions.
> > So guess what, my friend does not have health insurance and has not
> > been treated for two years. A genius might die. That's ludicrous.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucher's_disease
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=0nX6QM5iVaU
> >
> > If we consider ourselves decent "hackers", why don't we put our
> > efforts toward helping cure this and other diseases rather than some
> > very simple programming vulnerability? Is it because then we would
> > have to reinvent a whole new slew of tools and re-orient/re-educate
> > ourselves to be successful? Think about it…
> > --
> > Kristian Erik Hermansen
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