Internet Crime Focus of Black Hat Europe 56
kierny writes "'The Internet needs crime,' said renowned cryptographer Whitfield Diffie, kicking off the Black Hat Europe conference in Amsterdam. His analysis — that there can't be good guys without bad guys — helps explain not just the rise of black hat hackers and, more recently, hacktivism, but signals that the information security profession will continue to not just be relevant, but demanded, especially as the number of data-spewing devices increases exponentially."
Politicians would suffice (Score:2, Interesting)
The privacy invading tripe legislated by our current mob isn't criminal by definition.
Re:Good can exist without evil (Score:5, Interesting)
The (inherent) bad guy in this situation is the danger of the street.
If there is no danger there is no definition for good.
Same goes for limitations, ignorance etc. You can't have it all so
in some respect you always are bad and good. It's like Schrödinger's
feline example with you being the poison.