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Electrical devices have UL certification. Underwriter Labs is an independent, private company (nonprofit until very recently) that evaluates products and provid
by beat 11y ago
Electrical devices have UL certification. Underwriter Labs is an independent, private company (nonprofit until very recently) that evaluates products and provides a seal of approval.
This model could be applied to software as well. An independent organization like UL could evaluate the source code, talk to the engineers, and grant (or deny) certification. The source code would still be under NDA or appropriate privacy, but consumers and governments would have more to go on than just some company's word that they're not making anything dangerous or illegal.
- kodablah 11y agoI wonder if this can already be done without waiting on government oversight. Essentially outsourced code review with liability protection up to a certain amount. All too often I see code reviews/projects that occur in an internal, self-reinforcing echo chamber. Even a tier of outsourced code review without liability protection but instead an accompanying seal of approval would make me feel better as an executive.