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Holding Developers Liable For Bugs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

sebFlyte writes "According to a ZDNet report, Howard Schmidt, ex-White House cybersecurity advisor, thinks that developers should be held personally liable for security flaws in code they write. He doesn't seem to think that writing poor code is entirely the fault of coders though: he blames the education system. He was speaking in his capacity as CEO of a security consulting firm at Secure London 2005."

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  1. Wouldn't that be like... by Treacle+Treatment · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wouldn't that be like holding a car manufacturer liable for mis-use of a vehicle?

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