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Based on what I read and hear about us laws and how they are enforced this might very well be a real problem there. A company I worked for decided to settle af
by reitanqild 10y ago
Based on what I read and hear about us laws and how they are enforced this might very well be a real problem there.
A company I worked for decided to settle after someone broke in, stuck something in the safety switch and got injured while illegaly operating a machine we had made.
The reasons were simple:
1. There were no sticker saying this was bad. (But as mentioned we had other safety measures that were deliberately overridden.)
2. While we had a fair chance of winning the costs and risks were simply not worth it.
Lessons learned: if something goes to the US, make sure the stickers are in place.
- qb45 10y agoA company I worked for decided to settle after someone broke in, stuck something in the safety switch and got injured while illegaly operating a machine we had made. The reasons were simple: 1. There were no sticker saying this was bad. And this shows that if Deere cared about liability and not about ripping customers off every time they need to repair something, they would use stickers instead of DRM. And you can laugh at safety stickers, but IMO they are a good thing. They mean that your responsibility is limited to providing basic safety interlocks sufficient for the intended use and informing what is and what isn't intended use. Everything else is user's problem, as it should be. I certainly prefer this over wasting manufacturers' time on elaborate idiot-proofing and then later wasting hackers' time on breaking it.