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But those consumer apps that use or sell personal data against that persons interests as a business model, or those that leak or lose personal information throu
by vimax 3y ago
But those consumer apps that use or sell personal data against that persons interests as a business model, or those that leak or lose personal information through negligence are very harmful to society. Why should they get a pass?
- marcellus23 3y agoThat's a totally unrelated argument. Plenty of "real" engineers work on weapons systems. Architects work on ultra luxury skyscrapers for Saudi businessmen. Civil engineers work on new highways that destroy poor neighborhoods. No one is talking about ethics here.
- vimax 3y agoHow is it unrelated if we’re talking about software engineering as a profession? Yes there are some SWEs working in engineering fields, but the majority are not classically “engineers”
- marcellus23 3y agoMaybe you could explain how it's related? I feel like I did a good job of explaining how ethics makes no sense in this discussion in my above comment.
- vimax 3y agoMy original comment was that this list of engineering standards is not followed by most software engineering. You seem to be saying there are some that it can be applied ti, and I’m say those are in the minority.
- marcellus23 3y agoRight — standards, not ethics. You still haven't explained how ethics matters here. Like I said, plenty of engineers that follow standards rigorously do it in the service of unethical goals.