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It should be audited by science.
by contingencies 6y ago
It should be audited by science.
- edgyquant 6y agoYes there should be teams comprised of people whose expertise is in biology (specifically whatever field is responsible for DNA matching) and other people who are programmers that review the code and make sure there’s no mistakes. That would do it and I’m surprised this isn’t already a thing.
- bigiain 6y agoIt should totally be available to be "red teamed", like the researchers who exploit fingerprint readers with gummy bear moulds made with laser prints of fingerprints, or who hold up photographs to face recognition systems. The government should send a half a dozen to DefCon/CCC and let attendees loose trying to fool them.
- contingencies 6y agoHardware and business process would also need review. Its no good having perfect code if you can insert the wrong sample. It's also no good having perfect code if a well-timed EMI burst or power level shift games the result.
- 0134340 6y agoDefinitely. There was even a documentary about it on Netflix about how crimelab technicians were pushed for results rather than accuracy. A couple major scandals involved intentional faking of tests and resulting in countless people going to prison and the judicial consequences it caused as well as the friction involved to seek justice. Like, oh no, all these people convicted for life on flimsy grounds is such a burden of our time.
- edgyquant 6y agoEh that’s overkill. If can be proofed and guaranteed that it isn’t bugging out we don’t need to run through every building block this way.
- contingencies 6y agoI would have said that too before starting a hardware company. Now, I'm not so sure.