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No we don't have that distinction. We have places where outsiders, typically from heavily regulated industries like finance, like medicine, like areospace, have
by jonathankoren 10y ago
No we don't have that distinction. We have places where outsiders, typically from heavily regulated industries like finance, like medicine, like areospace, have imposed testing and validation procedures and best practices onto the software industry. Left to our own devices, we get IoT bullshit like Nest thermostats that randomly turn the temperature down because they turn off[0], security exploit via unneeded running service part 2028, the 9382nd installment of security exploit via default credentials, the 11 millionth edition of buffer overflow security exploit, and the list goes on. These problems screw up not just it, but other systems (see mirari dns ddos, see ransomware, see ransomware on MUNI, see all the other effects from people that coded up things that relied on a ubiquitous persistent internet connection)
[0] http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/fashion/nest-thermostat-glitch-battery-dies-software-freeze.html?referer= http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/fashion/nest-thermostat...
- noir_lord 10y agoCompletely agree with all of this and it has to be addressed soon.