The Pall Mall Pact and why it matters | Malwarebytes | …I don’t entirely agree that this is a good thing
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The Pall Mall Pact and why it matters | Malwarebytes | …I don’t entirely agree that this is a good thing

Speaking as an author of “hacking tools” which have inspired the “hacking tools” of today — tools used by the kinds of people who *found* companies like Malwarebytes — I find perspectives such as this to be problematic, hypocritical, and lacking in dual-use perspective:

Commercial hacking tools have enabled intrusive surveillance practices that undermine fundamental freedom and human rights.

With a starting position like this, I worry about where we may end up for software freedom. The ITAR encryption regime and the Wassenaar “export control of malware” debacle need not be repeated.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/the-pall-mall-pact-and-why-it-matters

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