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title: Good worm
date: "2001-06-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1801
description: I'm following a "Robin Hood" trend where "social worms" are designed to perform tasks like reporting child pornography. It’s an interesting shift toward using self-replicating code for ethical purposes rather than just traditional malware.
keywords: [good worm, social worm, malware ethics, self-replicating code, cybersecurity]
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After the [good worm](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5949401.html), we now have the [social worm](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,44112,00.html), which searches for child porn and reports it. This is starting a Robin Hood-esque trend.