The Internet of criminal things

Posted Sep 26, 2015 17:40 UTC (Sat) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: The Internet of criminal things by ibukanov
Parent article: The Internet of criminal things

> So why a user should be able to install any patch and drive on a public road without paying first for such extensive testing?

... as well as thorough code reviews and every usual (and costly) software QA practice.

Software... "what could possibly go wrong?" https://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.html

And of course when you wrote "install any patch" I assume you meant "download any patch from any random place without even looking at it and then install it".

Anyway it's good software licences don't conflate these two different issues: transparency and certification, so they can be debated and regulated independently. Oh, wait...