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I think the only way that computer software is going to get radically more secure is if software creators can be sued for negligence if they create secure softw
by redcap 17y ago
I think the only way that computer software is going to get radically more secure is if software creators can be sued for negligence if they create secure software.
This would mean a fairly big change in the process by which software is created, but if OpenBSD can do it why do commercial companies still have problems.
Do I think this will happen? No. Will security improve much with out it? Google Chrome has some decent mechanisms and Windows 7 appears to be better, but without some kind of government legislation or regulation designed to protect John Q. Citizen, I doubt much of substance will actually happen.
- bruceboughton 17y agoI'm not at all convinced regulation is the answer. We have financial regulators but did they prevent the sub-prime crisis? No. Bad stuff will always happen, especially if people stand to profit from it (c.f. botnets).