Comment by xiphias2
4 years ago
It's not simply unethical, it's a national security risk. Is there a proof that the Chinese government was not sponsoring this ,,research '' for example?
4 years ago
It's not simply unethical, it's a national security risk. Is there a proof that the Chinese government was not sponsoring this ,,research '' for example?
Linux kernel vulnerabilities affect the entire world. The world does not revolve around the U.S., and I find it extremely unlikely a university professor in the U.S. doing research for a paper did this on behalf of the Chinese government.
It's far more likely that professor is so out of touch that they honestly think their behavior is acceptable.
The bio of the assistant professor, Kangjie Lu, is here: https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/
It probably IS from being out of touch, or perhaps desperation to become tenured. However, he is also an alumnus of Chongqing University: http://www.cse.cqu.edu.cn/info/2095/5360.htm
Please don't do this here.
How about that question gets asked when there's actually some semblance of evidence that supports that theory. When you just throw, what I call, "dual loyalty" out as an immediate possibility just because the person is from China it starts to sound real nasty from the observers point of view.
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If that's the case, why would they publish a paper and announce their "research" to the world?