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What's Wrong with Legal Malware? - Forbes

December 23, 2014

What's Wrong with Legal Malware? - Forbes

Forbes - by Eugen Kaspersky

Can malware, malicious by definition, ever be a good thing? Surprisingly, there are law enforcement agencies that would answer yes. There are a growing number of hacking techniques involving malware deployed by governments around the world. Effectively they are using criminal tools, which they claim is a legitimate means to the ultimate, legitimate end – fighting crime, even going so far as deeming their use legal. I disagree. And I think it is a worrying trend generally – one that needs to be nipped in the bud.

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What's Wrong with Legal Malware? - Forbes

What's Wrong with Legal Malware? - Forbes
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