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I'd like to see the sysadmin or programmer that is willing to take the loss if someone hacks the network (or an app) of his employer and steals a few hundred mi

• ams6110 12y ago
  Professional Engineers (mechanical, civil, etc.) are exposed to liability for the buildings, bridges, etc. they approve.
  • smnrchrds 12y ago
    But we are not liable as long as we follow standards, e.g. building codes. And it's easily verifiable by the government, the employer and the engineer himself whether the standards are being complied with. Until you have similar standards for software development, I cannot see how such liability shift could work. This is one of the reasons I tend to avoid using the phrase software engineering. It's so different from traditional engineering that it feels incorrect to put it in the same category.
    • TwoBit 12y ago
      It's not enough to put standards in the software development. Users can misuse software regardless of how well it's written. Same as if you build a bridge and users overload it.
  • foldor 12y ago
    Engineers are not liable for not preventing sabotage (like a a bomb for example) however.