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I have never seen an engineer who understood the issues be 'as pliable as wet noodles'. What you're asking is for an engineer to be stuck in a place of legal c
by lostcolony 6y ago
I have never seen an engineer who understood the issues be 'as pliable as wet noodles'.
What you're asking is for an engineer to be stuck in a place of legal culpability if they do the work, and to be fired if they don't. Added bonus: you mention whistle blowing, but who the hell would they whistle blow to?
If there's a proper industry or governmental group to blow the whistle to, that will also see the engineer financially compensated until such a time as they find a new job, then fine, it's fair to make engineers culpable. Otherwise, you're just making engineers suffer for the bad decisions of those made above them, by making them either legally liable, or risking their jobs.
- liability 6y agoAny employee who refuses an illegal order is risking their job. If your boss asked you to perform brain surgery and promised to fire you if you refused, would you give it your best try or would you tell him to fuck off? If software ''engineers'' want respect they need to grow a spine and learn how to say that simple two letter word.
- lostcolony 6y agoInsecure websites aren't illegal. Only -breaches- are. And that only a civil offense, leading to a fine, the company pays. Right now, both the punishment and the decision are aligned. You're looking to now make it so that there's a punishment levied on the developer, who has no more power to say no than they currently do. You want them to say no, but all you're doing is making it more unpleasant for them to not do so; you've done nothing to make it easier to do so.