Sentence examples for it may be misused from inspiring English sources

A powerful new technique for generating "supercharged" genetically modified organisms that can spread rapidly in the wild has caused alarm among scientists who fear that it may be misused, accidentally or deliberately, and cause a health emergency or environmental disaster.

While this feature has valuable, legitimate uses (e.g., enabling administrators to verify that a virtual machine is operating correctly), it may be misused or exploited by attackers in order to access (and potentially disclose) sensitive data inside virtual machines [10].

A device's intended use is often much less important than how it may be misused or modified.

In response to fear that the resources may be misused if not subjected to tight scrutiny, the government has announced that it is setting up a committee that will be in charge of overseeing how the money is spent.

He worries, too, that crowdfunding may be misused by researchers who have failed to gain financial backing on quality grounds.

In some cases, there are concerns that data may be misused by people with conflicted interests or a specific ideological agenda.

The report cited studies estimating that online companies had already suffered significantly from a common perception among consumers that they should not buy items online because the information they provide may be misused.

Some experts and relatives of those killed expressed concern that suicide rulings may be misused by regional authorities eager to clear police of wrongdoing amid a changed climate across the US that has heightened scrutiny of officers' use of deadly force.

Armenia's sizable diaspora — estimated at more than seven million — in the United States, France and elsewhere is alarmed that the new warmth may be misused as an excuse to forgive and forget in Turkey, where even uttering the words Armenian genocide can be grounds for prosecution.

Mark Galeotti, a specialist in Russian security services at New York University, said cooperation between Russian and American intelligence had been awkward, in part because Americans agents are governed by stricter legal requirements and fear that information they pass to Russia may be misused.

In dissent, Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch wrote, "I disagree with the adoption of 'best practices' on the ground that facial recognition may be misused.