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posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 13 2018, @11:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the Keep-everything-under-digital-lock dept.

Computer Programmers get new Tech Ethics Code

The guidelines come from the Association for Computing Machinery

Technological professionals are the first, and last, lines of defense against the misuse of technology. Nobody else understands the systems as well, and nobody else is in a position to protect specific data elements or ensure the connections between one component and another are appropriate, safe and reliable. As the role of computing continues its decades-long expansion in society, computer scientists are central to what happens next.

Personally, I am quite concerned that our Congress has not attached Responsibility with Rights when it comes to software. If someone is going to claim ownership and rights to a piece of code then protect it with electronic lock or obscurity, why aren't they also held 100% responsible if that code causes mayhem?

We just had a story here about the concerns we have about a hemoglobin based meat substitute ... and what we go through to make damn sure the substance is harmless to life before we introduce it into the food chain... and even *that* has to be completely described and its molecular structure demonstrated.

Can you imagine the uproar if Chemists started releasing anything tasty, that people would eat, and call it "food"? And would our Congress grant them the right to withhold information as to what it was? Then hold them harmless for whatever it did to people?


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  • (Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Monday August 13 2018, @02:53PM (1 child)

    by pvanhoof (4638) on Monday August 13 2018, @02:53PM (#720994) Homepage

    Let him whine. Less people starting coding means more contracts for us. We have plenty already. But hey. We can always charge even more Monneh. Also, more new/young people coding doesn't seem to mean more useful technology. Look at the IoT market, the advertising market, most web development that is going on: it's all rubbish. The younger generations of coders are just flooding society with crap.

    I think we actually need less people coding. But the fewer people who do being more responsible for what they produce, meanwhile earning more. Kinda like you don't need 60 doctors for 100 villagers in a village. You need a few who know their profession well, are respected because they are competent at their job. And earn good.

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday August 14 2018, @03:40AM

    by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday August 14 2018, @03:40AM (#721222)

    (I like where you're going. We can collaborate offsite. I have a plan to keep the noobs busy making predictable crap code, and we'll fix it for big $. I'm not the first to have such a plan, but it'll work I tell ya.)