Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by thatguy0900 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:29PM
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The professor, or any students, can just use a non edu email address, right? It really doesn't seem like a big deal to me. It's not like they can personally ban anyone who's been to that campus, just the edu email address.
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Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by vtail on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:41PM
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However, if you use a personal email, you can’t hide behind “I’m just doing my research”.
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by olliej on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @12:47PM
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no, that would get them around an automatic filter, but the ban was on people from the university, not just people using uni email addresses.
I'm not sure how the law works in such cases, but surely the IRB would eventually have to realize that an explicit denouncement by the victims means that the "research" cannot go ahead
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by tmp538394722 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:11PM
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For one, it’s a way of punishing the university.
Eg - If you want to do kernel related research, don’t go to the university of Minnesota.
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by janoc on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:18PM
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Which is completely fine, IMO, because,as pointed out already, the university's IRB has utterly failed here. There is no way how this sort of "research" could have passed an ethics review.
- Human subjects - Intentionally misleading/misrepresenting things, potential for a lot of damage, given how widespread Linux is - No informed consent at all!
Sorry but one cannot use unsuspecting people as guinea pigs for research, even if it is someone from a reputable institution.