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Re:Tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data ab... by hedora on Thursday July 13, 2023 @11:15AM (#36710547)
It depends. That’s the point.

In the past, machinery didn’t have covers over what are now internal moving parts. The law changed that.

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Re:Tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data ab... by emodendroket on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:23PM (#36711767)
Yes but some tools which are useful and important are inherently dangerous to oneself or others. There is only so much you can do to make them safer before you have to make the operator assume responsibility for using them properly.
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