Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Don't people get paid to look for security vulnerabilities in pretty much any engineering field? There are people who work full-time on thinking up ways that a terrorist could potentially rig a chemical plant to release deadly gases, for example.



I suppose there are, but I'm not so sure they have fancy open conferences devoted to chemical plant terrorism.

Like I said, I don't know where I stand.


Would you feel more comfortable if a few smart people figured out the same things and didn't tell anyone about it, but instead used it for profit or to cause harm to innocent people?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: