Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by catgary on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:25PM
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I'm a bit shocked that the IRB gave an exemption letter - are they hoping that the kernel maintainers won't take the (very reasonable) step towards legal action?
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by Arainach on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @08:30PM
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What "legal action" do you think applies here?
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by eschaton on Thursday April 22, 2021 @07:34PM
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Intentional misrepresentation that causes harm is commonly referred to as “fraud.”
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by slenk on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:23PM
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I don't think any legal actions need to be taken. UMN can longer participate. Tough shit.
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by madpata on Thursday April 22, 2021 @10:11AM
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Is it illegal to intentionally create security risks?
I honestly do not know
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
by jasonwatkinspdx on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:24PM
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I'd guess they may not have understood what actually happened, or were leaning heavily on the IEEE reviewers having no issues with the paper, as at that point it'd already been excepted.
I'm not sure how it affects things, but I think it's important to clarify that they did not obtain the IRB-exempt letter in advance of doing the research, but after the ethically questionable actions had already been taken:
The IRB of UMN reviewed the study and determined that this is not human research (a formal IRB exempt letter was obtained). Throughout the study, we honestly did not think this is human research, so we did not apply for an IRB approval in the beginning. ... We would like to thank the people who suggested us to talk to IRB after seeing the paper abstract.
https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/clarifications-hc....