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by unknownaccount
1316 days ago
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Who gets to pay for all the extra traffic they send? the time spent by security guys to review the false positive attack logs they generate? the time spent by operators to bring the services back online when the government probing crashes something? |
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If this service causes a bunch of crashes (somehow) or they end up DoSing someone they should be responsible for the harm that they cause, but since these scans are no different that what criminals are already doing every day I don't imagine it'll be a huge problem unless they really screw something up.
I'd also guess that the costs in both time and money spent on the traffic generated by DDoS attacks, malware infections, and phishing sites are much much greater than the costs for 'security guys' to review logs, safely automate scans, and notify webhosts of problems. This is a sensible measure that should save massive amounts of time and money for people all around the globe and make the internet better for UK citizens in the process.