While I generally agree with your point, it's hard to make this into law. Do you think it should be illegal to have a company with only 1 programmer? If not, how do you prevent them from making catastrophic mistakes?
Re:Inside the Largest US Voter Data Leak
by dragonwriter on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:05PM
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Law generally doesn't prevent catastrophic mistakes, it creates consequences for them which incentivizes those in a position to make them to find ways of preventing them.
If the system is set up so that one general can launch a nuclear warhead, then the system is broken.
If the system is set up so that one politician can kill people without a trial, then the system is broken.
If the system is set up so that one nurse can release data on 1 million patients, then the system is broken.
It's not "what happens when a careless programmer does X." but rather "why do we have a system where a careless programmer can do X."