Developer ethics are definitely an issue.<p>But if you want to really see evil, take a look at the infosec community. &quot;White Hat&quot; is effectively equivalent to government contractor now. Infosec people readily sell 0days to governments or fronts for governments without hesitation. They unquestioningly collaborate with law enforcement on victimless crime cases, so long as the money is good.<p>Yes, this is a gross generalization. But any doubts of this generalization can easily be remedied by attending RSA or BlackHat and talking to the other attendees. CCC and Defcon may be a slight step up, but not by much.<p>In any other community this wouldn&#x27;t be all that disgusting, except the <i>fundamental</i> roots of the community are ostensibly in creatively and intelligently circumventing authority - and now they&#x27;re rarely more than collaborators.