“Rust is safe” is not some kind of absolute guarantee of code safety

Re:“Rust is safe” is not some kind of absolute guarantee of ... by GauntletWizard on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:12AM (#33063391)

People are cheap and corrupt. The speed bump this presents is real, but minor, in the face of a couple medical shops looking to save $100/pop on a dozen monitors.

I hope it's rare, but I think a persistent nag window ("Your display isn't calibrated and may not be accurate") is probably a better answer than refusing to work altogether, because it will be clear about the source of the problem and less likely to get nailed down.

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Re:“Rust is safe” is not some kind of absolute guarantee of ... by gmueckl on Monday October 03, 2022 @02:39AM (#33064186)

You have to draw a line somewhere, I guess. As far as I remember, protections against accidental misuse and foreseeable abuse of a device are required in medical equipment. But malicious circumvention of protections or any kind of active tampering are a whole other category in my opinion.

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Re:“Rust is safe” is not some kind of absolute guarantee of ... by kaba0 on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:52AM (#33066780)

Medical devices are insanely expensive (a CT scanner may reach a million dollars), you won’t risk $100 on such a small thing as a screen.

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