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    james_dixon_2008
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    What do you think is it ethical to know how to crack wireless networks or no. If yes then why do you think so and if no then why ? :)

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      What do you think is it ethical to know how to crack wireless networks or no. If yes then why do you think so and if no then why ? :)

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      Lost User
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      Its ethical to know, the question is how you use that information

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        What do you think is it ethical to know how to crack wireless networks or no. If yes then why do you think so and if no then why ? :)

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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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        that's simply just a dumbass question. knowing how to break into a bank vault is not the same as doing it. knowing how to steal is not the same as doing it. sheesh, some people.

        Silence is the voice of complicity. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. -- monty python Might I suggest that the universe was always the size of the cosmos. It is just that at one point the cosmos was the size of a marble. -- Colin Angus Mackay

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          What do you think is it ethical to know how to crack wireless networks or no. If yes then why do you think so and if no then why ? :)

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          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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          Yes. As a programmer I am required to keep abreast with security concerns in my field. Knowing exploits allows me to better program to avoid causing the same sorts of errors. Heck, even knowing common password breaking schemes allows me to author more secure login functionality. Ethics only comes into play when there is a choice between an action that can have a result. Ethically, there is no difference between imagining exterminating an entire people and not exterminating a people. It is the action that incurs the ethical consideration and not the thought or knowledge. In fact, most people have thought of killing their boss or spouse at one point or another. Does that make them unethical or philosophers?

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            Yes. As a programmer I am required to keep abreast with security concerns in my field. Knowing exploits allows me to better program to avoid causing the same sorts of errors. Heck, even knowing common password breaking schemes allows me to author more secure login functionality. Ethics only comes into play when there is a choice between an action that can have a result. Ethically, there is no difference between imagining exterminating an entire people and not exterminating a people. It is the action that incurs the ethical consideration and not the thought or knowledge. In fact, most people have thought of killing their boss or spouse at one point or another. Does that make them unethical or philosophers?

            Need a C# Consultant? I'm available.
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            Paul Conrad
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            Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

            As a programmer I am required to keep abreast with security concerns in my field. Knowing exploits allows me to better program to avoid causing the same sorts of errors. Heck, even knowing common password breaking schemes allows me to author more secure login functionality.

            Good point.

            "I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon

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              Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

              As a programmer I am required to keep abreast with security concerns in my field. Knowing exploits allows me to better program to avoid causing the same sorts of errors. Heck, even knowing common password breaking schemes allows me to author more secure login functionality.

              Good point.

              "I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon

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              you have a one-voter stalking you... Surely they must have something better to do


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                What do you think is it ethical to know how to crack wireless networks or no. If yes then why do you think so and if no then why ? :)

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                GuyThiebaut
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                One way to test your security is to try and crack it yourself. So I would say installing a sniffer to try and hack your own network is ok. WEP is fairly easy to crack this way, WPA is another issue. Of course you may then be tempted to drive around in a car with a laptop cracking other networks - my advice don't (you will probably get caught eventually).

                You always pass failure on the way to success.
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                  What do you think is it ethical to know how to crack wireless networks or no. If yes then why do you think so and if no then why ? :)

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                  moon_stick
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                  Ethics in Computing 101 homework is it?!

                  It definitely isn't definatley

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                    you have a one-voter stalking you... Surely they must have something better to do


                    "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown

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                    Paul Conrad
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                    Yep, I must have. Oh well, whatever :laugh: I didn't really see anything wrong with my post. It was just a quick one :suss:

                    "I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon

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