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"Good" worms and human rights

Author(s) -

John Aycock,

Alana Maurushat

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

acm sigcas computers and society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2167-3055

pISSN - 0095-2737

DOI - 10.1145/1361255.1361256

Subject(s) - censorship , replication (statistics) , the internet , china , internet privacy , computer security , computer science , law , biology , political science , virology , world wide web

The extent of Internet censorship in countries like China is regularly tested, but the testing methods used from within a censored country can entail risk for humans. A benevolent worm can be used for testing instead: the worm's self-replication, long the bane of suggested benevolent viruses and worms, is shown to be essential here. We describe the design of this benevolent worm, along with some other related applications for it. A technical, ethical, and legal analysis is provided.

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