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Make consumers liable. They're really the guilty (by negligence) party anyway, right? Okay, that would be a shock to the system. So grandfather in old devices a
by orblivion 9y ago
Make consumers liable. They're really the guilty (by negligence) party anyway, right? Okay, that would be a shock to the system. So grandfather in old devices and/or slowly phase it in.
That's still quite a chilling effect though. Well, maybe it should be. Now we're really careful about what we buy. But maybe it's too much. Who wants to expose themselves to a small chance of high liability? Okay, so allow insurance against said liability. Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Well, no. Insurance companies would only insure against liability for devices they've vetted and approved.
Boom, market regulation. It works for cars (see IIHS).
- MBCook 9y agoI’m a software developer. I’ve worked for a network security company. I don’t think I’m qualified to try to do that for something I might buy, let alone ‘normal’ people. That’s one of the problems with the market approach. The information assymetry is so big that it’s not a reasonable demand on a person for a $15-20 lightbulb.
- orblivion 9y agoTo be clear, the only thing they'd need to do (in the ultimate phase) is only buy approved devices. Maybe a small hassle but not all that complicated.