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Considering my experience with anything digital made by (or for) Swiss government agencies, I can absolutely imagine that it's a horror show. For example, we h
by steve1977 3y ago
Considering my experience with anything digital made by (or for) Swiss government agencies, I can absolutely imagine that it's a horror show.
For example, we had a digital vaccination certificate application (before COVID, calm down tin foil hats). This application/website apparently had issues so bad that the government had no other option than to just close it down for good from one day to another. Essentially, f..d up beyond repair.
People couldn't even get their data out it anymore. It now seems that data rescue might be possible "soon"... 2.5 years after the platform has been taken down.
Basically, everything IT our government touches is doomed ;)
Source: I'm Swiss
- born2discover 3y agoYep, that pretty much mirrors my own experience as well, and I am also Swiss. Sadly, IT companies in Switzerland aren't serious about security. Even big, reputable firms have been shown to be sub par when it comes to it... One of such incidents involved a highly reputable firm in Geneva that had many federal contracts. They got a data breach and their dirty laundry got aired out in the open: passwords to client networks/accounts/... were stored in clear text, contracts and other confidential information barely protected... So I'd say, while in Switzerland we do some things right, IT ain't it.
- Tainnor 3y agoThen on the other hand, Scala was developed in Switzerland, and Pascal before that. :)
- Tainnor 3y agoI wouldn't say everything. I find the SBB app quite usable, for example. Compare that to the German DB app...
- steve1977 3y agoFair enough, I guess our public transport system is pretty good anyway, especially compared to others. Of course it’s not everything. We also have great official geo mapping for example: https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/ https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/