Re:Hack of 251 Law Enforcement Websites Exposes Personal Dat...
by thephyber on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:04PM
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I agree. There needs to be more maintenance effort to reduce the "technical debt" of accumulated laws.
Sadly I think it's not done because there is no incentive. Voters don't vote out incumbents who add too many news statutes or who don't remove outdated/irrelevant/unconstitutional ones. I think it's a lot like refactoring code without the ability to write unit tests or know if the change had any secondary side effects for years or decades after.
Sadly I think it's not done because there is no incentive. Voters don't vote out incumbents who add too many news statutes or who don't remove outdated/irrelevant/unconstitutional ones. I think it's a lot like refactoring code without the ability to write unit tests or know if the change had any secondary side effects for years or decades after.