The article makes those guys' cause sound waaay more legitimate than it really is. If their homepage and articles are to be believed, it seems like their real cause is to stop exploit publication so that only the "real" hackers will know how to breach machines. They're basically children that are whining because someone took away their favorite toy. Paying them any attention does us a disservice.<p>Also, the analogy is faulty. Trying to stop exploit publication so that we won't need to buy security products is like trying to stop us from knowing about germs so we won't need to buy antibiotics.
If the anti-sec group is for keeping exploits private, won't this _increase_ demand for add-on security band-aids like firewalls and virus scanners? More undisclosed vulnerabilities means one should increase the layers of security solutions for less chance of all of them being privately exploitable at any given time.<p>.. Or are they implying that script kiddies are the only problem, and the el8 crackers can never be stopped, so don't even try? (but don't worry, they have 'ethics' !)<p>(side note: "And who knows what new crimes the hackers will dream up next?". The actual question is what new crimes will the <i>government</i> will dream up next! Silly lawlyers.)
The weird thing is that full disclosure is not really a money grab. It's about compelling vendors to patch their products so that we don't have millions and millions of machines with an exploitable vulnerability.