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"The new law doesn’t apply to classified code, national security systems or code that would post (sik) privacy risks if shared." What sort of code would pose p
by somenameforme 2y ago
"The new law doesn’t apply to classified code, national security systems or code that would post (sik) privacy risks if shared."
What sort of code would pose privacy risks if shared? That sounds like some nasty intermixing of code and data.
- bigstrat2003 2y ago> "The new law doesn’t apply to classified code, national security systems or code that would post (sik) privacy risks if shared." Ironically, it's "sic", not "sik". Muphry's Law got you when you weren't looking. ;)
- Dalewyn 2y ago>Muphry's Law EDIT: TIL this is a law of its own. Happy New Year!
- treetalker 2y agoMuphry's Law: "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry's_law
- franga2000 2y agoNo real risks, but this gives them a convenient excuse not to. I've had companies and government agencies refuse FOIA requests for technical documentation on privacy grounds because "it applies to a system that processes personal information", with some adding that "knowing the inner-workings of the system would lead to a likely compromise of the system". Yes, government contractors will gladly admit between the lines that their code is garbage and they largely rely on security through obscurity. And the information comissioner has agreed with them a few times!
- Xen9 2y agoThere's no difference between the two.
- kube-system 2y agoAny sufficiently custom code will have features that give away a lot of information about the subject matter. As an example, think about what you might see in Excel formulas.