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Attitude toward maintaining security.

An indication about people's views on what is acceptable to maintain security may be found in their attitude toward torture.

More than half the people in the US polled in 2007 believed it could sometimes/rarely be justified:

... national polls conducted by the Pew Research Center since 2004 reveal that some Americans would support torture under
some conditions. Pew asked ?Do you think the use of torture against suspected terrorists in order to gain important information can often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified??
In 2007, about 12% of Americans indicated that torture often could be justified, while only 29% indicated that torture could never be justified. However, for the majority of respondents, 56%, torture could be justified in some conditions (31% indicating sometimes and 25% indicating rarely) (The Pew Research Center 2007).


http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPAG%2FPAG4_01%2FS1743923X08000019a.pdf&code=681798d5faa5f22879829c68c457666d

This percentage might increase immediately after a successful attack and decrease over time. Given that this poll was conducted 6/7 years after 9/11, the opinion may be a minimal number (hesitantly) in favor.

How well this tranlates to attitudes toward maintaining computer security is uncertain. I suspect that because people who violate rules are rarely tortured and because there are immediate personal advantages in violating organizational security rules, many people would not be as stringent.

But I also expect that outsiders who violate security could acceptably receive long prison sentences and large fines. I'd say that those outside violators should include those who publish exploits for any purpose.

Complex attitudes, no?!

Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 09/11/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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