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I strongly disagree. If someone puts cyanide in the coffee pot, we don't blame the engineer that designed the coffee pot for not making it cyanide proof. Crim
by hermannj314 2y ago
I strongly disagree.
If someone puts cyanide in the coffee pot, we don't blame the engineer that designed the coffee pot for not making it cyanide proof.
Criminals are the criminals, not a developer that didn't code defensively enough. The fact that a government official is blaming developers for crimes they don't commit is fascist level rhetoric.
- croes 2y agoWe did blame KIA for their shitty car locks. And your example is a bad one, because you would blame the engineer if sells it as cyanide proof. Software vendors claim their software is safe that only high sophisticated criminals could break their software. In reality it's often just script kiddies.
- DangitBobby 2y agoIn the comment you responded to, they made no mention of the engineer expecting or claiming it is cyanide proof, so your response makes no sense. Is the person in the article saying only people who claim that software is free of defects should be held liable? I would never make a claim that software I've written is 100% secure, and I would stop writing software if I were held criminally liable for defects.
- hermannj314 2y agoNo member of the US government proposed locking up mechanics that build KIAs for the crime of theft of motor vehicles. (And if I am wrong, and they did, then I would be against that as well) An official of the US government is saying they want software developers to be treated as criminals if their software can be exploited. That is an insane proposal.