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Re:Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private phot... by canttestthis on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:16PM (#18682482)
The analogy doesn't work. Barring malicious intent or negligence leading to death I cannot imagine (or remember) a situation where the company would be fined for a software bug.
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Re:Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private phot... by vanderZwan on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:27PM (#18682598)
That is more of a failure of the imagination then. It's not like programming would cease to exist if fines were introduced.
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Re:Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private phot... by EpicEng on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:28PM (#18682610)
>or negligence

Right. Companies like FB are entrusted with the private information of hundreds of millions of people. There should be investigations as there would be in a plane crash. If negligence is found, there should be appropriate punishment doled out.

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Re:Facebook says new bug allowed apps access to private phot... by elliekelly on Friday December 14, 2018 @01:28PM (#18683178)
This analogy does work. Boeing's software caused a plane to crash:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash-boeing/bo...

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