Overlooked: the apathy required to become techno-mercenaries started with the agents convincing themselves that spying on nationals was different than foreign nationals while working in the NSA. To resist this apathy cyber intelligence agents working for any government/corporation should deploy a moral compass that assumes they are working for the UAE.
This also begs for international conventions. New international conventions would provide a psychological back-stop against the infosec industry's unchecked nationalism. When an agent asks themselves "is what I am doing okay" international convention and law would give them an alternative to compare with other than the militarist default of "yes".
This also begs for international conventions. New international conventions would provide a psychological back-stop against the infosec industry's unchecked nationalism. When an agent asks themselves "is what I am doing okay" international convention and law would give them an alternative to compare with other than the militarist default of "yes".