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Recently a large software company managed to avoid looking into a bug report for several days about an inability to dial 911 on an Android handset until enough
by gerdesj 5y ago
Recently a large software company managed to avoid looking into a bug report for several days about an inability to dial 911 on an Android handset until enough social media indignation was generated (1). However, the org in question ignored it until enough outrage on Reddit was generated and it was eventually noticed. Not one alarm bell seems to have gone off despite all those clever people and funky machines and the much vaunted AI/ML and stuff. That's a bug that might engender criminal liability in some jurisdictions.
In this case, it appears that multiple large orgs are involved: G and M. One provides the environment and the other appears to have dropped their drawers and crapped in it but in the end a telephone should always be able to make emergency calls regardless of what is installed or configured on it.
In the end this sort of thing might look like lack of responsibility due to arrogance due to lack of competition. I'm sure other interpretations are available.
Normally the above should be considered an example of whataboutery but I think your response deserves little else. If you have something to contribute then please do but not that sort of thing.
(1) https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/09/android_911_teams/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/09/android_911_teams/
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