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I dont know how feasible it would be, but an official lic/cert to allow someone to see personal data (I assume data with name, location and other sensitive data

I dont know how feasible it would be, but an official lic/cert to allow someone to see personal data (I assume data with name, location and other sensitive data like credit card, social security num, etc) is extremely interesting. Pretty sure someone can make a quick list of hurdles and potential exploits, but still... I think theres a public value in that as the accountability could reflect something like architect and engineering plans for a building. The name and lic are on the plan so you can fry the person who made an egregious error. A similar mechanism for exploiting personal data (within legal parameters) would be nifty. I like it, but since products are not owned but licensed by consumers these days means that's a crack induced pipe dream.

BoiledCabbage 6y ago
> I dont know how feasible it would be, but an official lic/cert to allow someone to see personal data (I assume data with name, location and other sensitive data like credit card, social security num, etc) is extremely interesting Actually that's brilliant. Forget about the transition period for a moment, what do we want the industry steady state to look like. And I think it's exactly this. You are licensed and trained to work with personal data. Your license is on the line for misuse. You have all the incentives in place for the right behavior, and companies have the right trade-offs to consider when choosing to use it or not. You can do tons of software development without needing personal data, and when you do need it you have someone in place who is accountable for it.
- NoOneNew 6y ago
  Also, just like other specialty lics/certs, I want them to command much higher salaries. Increases the cost of even trying to exploit personal data. The company needs a real damn good reason to do so. Taxes, re-certs and randomized audits would be nice too. I dont believe the punishments should be too extreme. We aren't talking about something as serious as heart surgery, but maybe close to legal advice type of standards. Personal data exploits won't neccesarily be a life or death situation except for the rare and extreme cases, just like legal advice, but it surely can easily fuck up your life, just like bad legal advice. I know that needs fine tuning and it's out of my wheel house to nail down, but it's something I'd like to see.

BoiledCabbage 6y ago

> I dont know how feasible it would be, but an official lic/cert to allow someone to see personal data (I assume data with name, location and other sensitive data like credit card, social security num, etc) is extremely interesting Actually that's brilliant. Forget about the transition period for a moment, what do we want the industry steady state to look like. And I think it's exactly this. You are licensed and trained to work with personal data. Your license is on the line for misuse. You have all the incentives in place for the right behavior, and companies have the right trade-offs to consider when choosing to use it or not. You can do tons of software development without needing personal data, and when you do need it you have someone in place who is accountable for it.

NoOneNew 6y ago
Also, just like other specialty lics/certs, I want them to command much higher salaries. Increases the cost of even trying to exploit personal data. The company needs a real damn good reason to do so. Taxes, re-certs and randomized audits would be nice too. I dont believe the punishments should be too extreme. We aren't talking about something as serious as heart surgery, but maybe close to legal advice type of standards. Personal data exploits won't neccesarily be a life or death situation except for the rare and extreme cases, just like legal advice, but it surely can easily fuck up your life, just like bad legal advice. I know that needs fine tuning and it's out of my wheel house to nail down, but it's something I'd like to see.