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Re: Apparently Milgram is still right


From: "Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:18:50 -0800

I guess it depends on who you think you owe an ethical duty to, doesn't
it.



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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Gadi Evron
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:11 PM
To: Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org; cissp-ethics () yahoogroups com
Subject: Re: [funsec] Apparently Milgram is still right

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
wrote:
People are still willing to torture people, when told to do so by an
authority.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/health/7791278.stm

This may explain some recent happenings, but it is still disturbing,
nonetheless.
We in infosec, and members of society as a whole, have to push harder
on the
ethics front.

What does this have to do with ethics?
It's a trick question, think before answering. :)



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