Timeline for Is using Microsoft Hooks an ethical process for getting non sensitive Information
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 18:53 | comment | added | Derek Elkins left SE | @Ewan The trick is to bash the nail into the head because then you are using the hammer ethically. (There may be some question as to whether the nail is being used ethically. The ethics of nail usage is left as Further Work.) | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 20:50 | vote | accept | RSon1234 | ||
| Mar 1, 2018 at 16:25 | comment | added | Ewan | what if it was a very evil person and a very valuable nail? (asking for a friend) | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 11:03 | comment | added | Pieter B | @MaciejStachowski : that's exactly what I meant. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 10:33 | comment | added | Maciej Stachowski | Bashing nails with a hammer is ethical, bashing someone's head in is not. As such it's not really possible to discuss if using a hammer is ethical. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 9:20 | comment | added | Pieter B | @Neil I edited the answer to clarify. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 9:19 | history | edited | Pieter B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 1, 2018 at 9:18 | comment | added | Neil | Then I misunderstood your argument, sorry. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 9:16 | comment | added | Pieter B | @Neil My argument is that the discussion about ethical or not is moot. The simple act of using hooks can't tell you if it's ethical or not. It's what you do using this technique that makes it ethical or not. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 9:08 | comment | added | Neil | By that logic, viruses using the windows api are ethical because "it's just how windows is built." Of course what is ethical is subjective, but I don't think we can claim that if the functionality exists, any program using it must be ethical in principle. | |
| Mar 1, 2018 at 8:42 | history | answered | Pieter B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |