Re:Should developers be sued for security holes?
by stan_rogers on Thursday August 23, 2012 @12:16PM
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If they specify that no locks be used, and that their functionality be replaced with a large sign on each door saying "Ceci n'est pas une porte", then yes, they ought to be.
But this brings us to the "software engineer" title question. Engineering brings these sorts of professional liabilities with it. If you can't, so to speak, affix a stamp to your work, then what you're doing is probably not engineering.
But this brings us to the "software engineer" title question. Engineering brings these sorts of professional liabilities with it. If you can't, so to speak, affix a stamp to your work, then what you're doing is probably not engineering.