Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites
by mistrial9 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:27PM
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I am constantly reminded of the heavy industrial sites near the US Great Lakes in the early 20th century, and elsewhere. The raw toxic output into the local rivers and air were "worth it" -- to investors and subsequently to their carefully chosen engineers. Did engineering standards alone improve this?
Until software dev is regulated by professional boards and the government, it will continue to do the same damage to society that pre-regulation engineering did during the industrial revolution.
Unfortunately thanks to silicon valley, the libertarian viewpoint here has far too much sway