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I think there is a large insight to be had by all this.

State can and will use computer exploits in military and law enforcement. Like with PRISM, its no longer just the tinfoil - Its confirmed. The businesses model for a few companies are to hoard zero-day exploits, and sell it on the market. The military, police, "business intelligence" a.k.a industry spying, and criminals are their customers. In contrast to disease research, software virus research are not regulated or illegal, so both good and bad is the result. It is good when independent research find vulnerabilities in software we use, and less so when its hoarded and sold to be used against us.