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I think it's about time we had a "Stallman fights the printer company" moment here. My Android phone often tries to overrule me, Windows 10 does the same, not t
by Y_Y 4y ago
I think it's about time we had a "Stallman fights the printer company" moment here. My Android phone often tries to overrule me, Windows 10 does the same, not to mention OSX. Even the Ubuntu installer outright won't let you set a password it doesn't like (but passwd doesn't care). My device should do exactly what I tell it to, if that's possible. It's fine to give a warning or a "I know what I'm doing checkbox", but I'm not using a computer to get it's opinion on ethics or security or legality or whatever its justification is. It's a tool, not a person.
- pixl97 4y ago"I know what I am doing, I accept unlimited liability" There are two particular issues we need to address first. One is holding companies criminally and civilly reliable for the things they create. We kind of do this at a regulatory level, and we have some measure of suing companies that cause problems, but really they get away with a lot. Second is personal criminal and civil liability for management of 'your' objects. The libertarian minded love the idea of shirking social liability, and then start crying when bears become a problem (see Hongoltz-Hetlings book). And even then it's still not difficult for an individual to cause damages far in excess of their ability to remediate them. There are no shortage of tools that are restricted in one way or another.