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As a software developer I personally refuse to work on HIPAA compliant software, because if there is a HIPAA violation I can be held liable.

• Dahoon 6y ago
  The problem with software and leaks from it is that not all software holds developers liable. It really really need to change.
  • donatj 6y ago
    I'm guessing you don't work in software. There will always be leaks, it's the nature of the beast, building things way more complicated than any single person can fully comprehend. That's why data minimization is so important, only keeping what you absolutely need.
    • qppo 6y ago
      Every single field has figured out - sometimes forcefully - how to minimize harm to consumers. From a properly grounded toaster to a bridge, other industries manage to build complex things that don't hurt people. The nature of the beast is that its nature can change. We need to stop thinking software is somehow special, we're just more careless and face fewer consequences following catastrophic failure.
      • kbenson 6y ago
        > Every single field has figured out - sometimes forcefully - how to minimize harm to consumers. I think it would be more accurate to say every field has figured out how to minimize liability from harm to customers. Data collection makes companies money, and there's little liability involved in most cases if you aren't in the health sector, so they grab all the data whether their core business needs it or not. The health sector needs some data because sharing it is vitally important, and they've shown that it takes a massive amount of time and money and complexity to do it to any acceptable level. If we had some way to accurately value our data and privacy, and laws that made it the property of the individual, we would see a change very quickly.