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I wonder if jail time for developers knowingly implementing lax systems for exchanging personal data could help? This way most developers would refuse to write

I wonder if jail time for developers knowingly implementing lax systems for exchanging personal data could help? This way most developers would refuse to write systems that could potentially get them in trouble, until their employer transparently ensures that no laws are broken. Some kind of engineering ethics.

jacquesm 5y ago
Yes, but then you'd have to prove when this stuff was written because otherwise there are going to be a lot of engineers retro-actively in the field of fire.
- nlitened 5y ago
  Git blame their signed commits. If no records available, chief engineer gets the blame. I mean, that should be trivially enforceable — same as getting to know who performed a botched surgery.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    I can see a lot of chief engineers moving to Somalia in that case :)