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Re:Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar over Instagram’s Effec... by heurisko on Saturday October 02, 2021 @05:14AM (#28727214)
My company has liability insurance.

I'm indirectly liable, in that I can lose my job, however.

If I were a contractor, I would also buy liability insurance.

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Re:Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar over Instagram’s Effec... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday October 02, 2021 @07:12AM (#28727656)
> I'm indirectly liable, in that I can lose my job

If an engineer negligently (note: not knowingly) signs off on a bridge that collapses, they face fines, expulsion from their profession and jail time. At this point, every developer at Facebook should know the harm they’re causing. The most they face is job loss. That’s the problematic asymmetry.

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Re:Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar over Instagram’s Effec... by hansel_der on Saturday October 02, 2021 @05:55AM (#28727385)
this!

software quality is not some kind of "force of nature" or "accident" but a direct result of cutting corners/costs.

insurance for beeing lazy will not help.

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