There are others - not you - who will justify their own actions thusly: the technology existed, its better that the good guys (me - of course) should use it before the bad guys do.
In the space between both equivocations (yours and the other guy's), lies the potential for moral abuse.
Indeed, I think terming yourself in good vs bad as an we vs them terminology makes several biases go undiscovered that if you truly go for objectivity despite your sense of moral leaning is telling you.
In the space between both equivocations (yours and the other guy's), lies the potential for moral abuse.