I wanted to begin searching for “Room for Debate” articles and came across an article titled, “Should Hackers Help the F.B.I.?” It’s a debate that sprouted from the San Bernardino Shooting incident. The F.B.I. had finally been able to hack the gunman’s phone. They had help from another company to hack Apple’s technology. Because of this new information, people are wondering whether or not hackers should help the F.B.I.. One side agrees that they should because it could help fix a lot of exploits and better security everywhere. On the other side, people are saying that the F.B.I. is a criminal preventing organization, but they’re getting help from criminals themselves. It’s kind of a paradox. Using the help of something you’re trying to prevent.
The other side believes that it could be an opportunity to strengthen security. If hackers can find exploits and point it out to the creator, it could create more security. They could also get paid for making the security system better and having some fun trying to see if they are good enough to reach into the government’s systems. The only question I have is at what cost? If the government lets in hackers to find exploits in security systems that hold very secretive information, who knows if the hacker is leaking it to the public? Should hackers be hired by the government?
Of course hackers should be hired to help with crime. The counter argument of this is that the FBI is hiring criminals which is a pretty bad statement considering that they don't necessarily have to hire the ones that use their skills to do bad things. Rather train or recruit well checked individuals to see if something is breachable. And with the threat of hackers exposing secretive information, that's not going to happen considering a lot of classified information is unattainable through electronics. And their power can easily be limited to what they were hired to do.
ReplyDeleteHackers should be hired because they can help find exploits in the security fire wall and companies can fix it. There are actually colleges that I have seen that offer this as a job as well. Yes hackers are criminals, but there are actually good hackers that do this for an actually job rather than release and steal information. The government probably will hire ethical hackers who only use their ability to help others rather than to hurt people.
ReplyDeleteI think if hackers help the problem then they can't be doing much wrong getting hired by the FBI. Yes they are criminals but if they are willing to use their skills for the good of the country, then by all means hire the best hackers known to man.
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