Can we please stop decrying black hats without nuance? Because that whole &quot;CMU is blackhat now&quot; thing? That&#x27;s not what happened here.<p>Selling exploits exclusively to assist the government is very much like a large swath of white hats.<p>What do you think Infragard is? It&#x27;s Feds rubbing elbows with crooked pro-government technologists. But they&#x27;re the <i>white hats</i>, remember.<p>At the end of the day, you only have green hats (the color of money), and people who don&#x27;t wear hats at all. The black&#x2F;white distinction has become meaningless.<p>Recommended reading: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thoughtcrime.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;saudi-surveillance&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thoughtcrime.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;saudi-surveillance&#x2F;</a>