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Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by tomp on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:31PM (#36077229)
That is not how the real world works.

If a car kills someone (e.g. it explodes, or burns down, or brakes fail) but the manufacturer took all legally required precautions & followed all the rules & regulations, then they're not legally on the hook. It was "an accident".

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Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by rafale on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:38PM (#36077302)
Queue in the Ford Pinto controversy: https://youtu.be/jltnBOrCB7I
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Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:05PM (#36078528)
> That is not how the real world works

Yes, we noticed that corporation are never held accountable for their actions.

After all, personal responsebility is only for little people.

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Re:Whistleblower Drops 100 GB of Tesla Secrets to German New... by forty on Friday May 26, 2023 @05:19AM (#36081860)
The fact that it's an accident doesn't remove the liability.

If a human driver fail to brake somehow (like they have a bad reflex and push the wrong pedal), they might have followed all the rules and regulations, it might be "an accident", but they will still be liable for dammages they cause.

I'm not sure why it should be any different for a software bug in the autopilot for example.

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