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> Is it possible that they (perhaps mistakenly) believe that communicating with you could open them up to civil liability? I'm curious, for vulnerability-by-in
by ethbro 8y ago
> Is it possible that they (perhaps mistakenly) believe that communicating with you could open them up to civil liability?
I'm curious, for vulnerability-by-inaction like this, would there be a legal difference if sent emails were posted to a public blockchain?
The intent being, if you're later sued for harm caused by your compromised hardware / IoT devices, you cannot claim ignorance as easily.
End goal, of course, being that people care more about patching their devices.
- chrsstrm 8y agoIgnorantia juris non excusat.
- palunon 8y agoThis is not about of ignorance of the law, so this doesn't apply here.
- matthewheath 8y agoI doubt a court would make a distinction. The claimant (plaintiff) would have to prove the defendant knew about the emails being sent to the public blockchain and decided not to do anything about it. That's not necessarily easy to prove, in the same way the defendant could claim emails were trapped in spam filters, etc. or more realistically, the burden of proof is on the claimant so the defendant wouldn't say anything if they're smart.