That is a dishonest tweet that misrepresents the argument. When you say "It's okay because only sell exploits to the good guys", the problem is you can't stop bad people finding and exploiting the same bug, and *that's* the problem.
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That is why I would prefer they use intelligence techniques that cannot easily fall into the hands of others, and we find and fix vulnerabilities instead of hoarding them.
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I think hoarding implies stockpiling excess beyond need. The vulnerabilities equities process is supposed to avoid hoarding, although it's obviously not perfect.
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I agree that, generally, disclose/patch is better than selling. I think there are cases where it's justifiable to make an exception (which is the point I think tylerni7 was making).
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Yep, that is the argument - if collateral damage to civilians/allies is acceptable. There's no right answer of course, but it's definitely not the case that so long as you only sell to the good guys there are no ethical issues.
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