Ethical or not? 6

[trojanman]

Let's say that youre at a convention with thousands of users, all of which are on laptops. You're pretty certain that you're the only one with IS knowledge. During
the course of the day you decide to make a few pen tests. A few port scans here and there and you discover that many users can be breached because of a lack of a firewall.

Do you:

A) Place a text document on their desktop that reads "Turn on your firewall".

B) Upload a trojan and play games with their pc.

C) Reboot their computer serveral times and hope that they figure out what is happening.

D) Discontinue all activity and leave them alone.

Answer honestly.

 

[trojanman]

Do people even bother reading these posts in their entirety anymore?

THIS SCENARIO IS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL AND DID NOT MATERIALIZE IN MY PRESENCE!

option E as proposed by sleipnir214 is the ONLY ethical option

Thats a matter of personal belief.

Whats ethical for one may or may not be for another.

 

[guitarzan]

trojanman,

Whats ethical for one may or may not be for another.

For the sake of clarity, then, do you think that choice A. (Place a text document on their desktop that reads "Turn on your firewall") is ethical?

 

[trojanman]

For the sake of clarity, then, do you think that choice A. (Place a text document on their desktop that reads "Turn on your firewall") is ethical?

No, I dont.

 

[guitarzan]

Well, your comments from "26 Sep 06 10:28" seem to contradict that. Hence the responses you got from me and others.

I am not trying to attack you in any way. You were clear from the start that this was a hypothetical situation. Also, if you had "bad intentions", you would not have started a thought-provoking thread like this. But read what you said again... it sure looks to me like you not only find it ethical, but you feel compelled to do it!

 

[earthandfire]

Which is exactly what prompted my earlier reply.

 

[trojanman]

I apologize for the miscommunication on my part.