This is hacker news. If this was some code rather than in meatspace and you trusted a single client to modify a turning complete config file for everyone else you'd call it a massive security vulnerability. I don't understand how having humans involved changes that. Yes, they probably have good intentions but has that assumption ever worked out in human history? If it's not used today for something nefarious, it will be used tomorrow.
Re:Critical Update on DAO Vulnerability
by danielweber on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:52PM
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> This is hacker news
Which is why people don't understand basic human institutions and are surprised when they run into issues trying to re-invent from scratch
If I offered a new car for 10€ — obviously it should have been 10k€, so others cannot expect me to fulfil that (ask your local police).
If I had offered it for 8.5k€ and suddenly claim it should have been 10k€, it’s far from obvious that this was a mere error, so I’d likely have to stand for it.
If I offered a used car for 10€, the case becomes murky.