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Re:The gift of it's your problem now by WalterBright on Thursday December 30, 2021 @10:45PM (#29744652)
If I sell medical software, yes, it would have to pass the FDA. Same for software going into aviation systems (the FAA). Same for NASA.

> Not all

Not a single byte of software on any of my computers now or since the 1970s have been regulated at all.

> the unregulated wild west of software is turning out to be a nightmare

How much have you paid for the software you're using right now? How much have you paid to use HackerNews? You're free to go use software written in the 80s, 90s, 00s, etc., if you like. I bet you aren't.

Software these days is far less buggy than it used to be. It may appear more buggy to you, but that is the result of a large increase in the number and efforts of sophisticated (and well-funded) engineers attempting to subvert it.

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Re:The gift of it's your problem now by edmundsauto on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:36PM (#29754131)
You didn't use strong encryption that was not allowed to be shared outside the US? I remember early versions of software (PGP, I think?) in the 90s had some warnings to this effect.
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