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Comment Re:that's fine (Score 1) 408

Given your assertion, which I do agree with to an extent, what about non-injury causing accidents like those described in the article? Are those merely an annoyance? That lost resume could cost you a job that could have made you $100k/year and that small accident could ding a Bugatti Veyron.

The difference between an ABS system failing and software glitch is very different. The former is likely mechanical a failure to manufacture a part properly or install it to specification. A software glitch is very difficult to prove and there's no defined parameters as to what constitutes a negligent failure. Liability for previously unknown defects is far less than known defects, it's hard for a judge or jury to wrap their head(s) around what software developers should or should not have known about a software failure.

Comment Re:For those who can read... (Score 1) 237

Would you consider the government following each and every courier you sent out to see who you were talking to a violation of your privacy in the 1780s?

No, that one's far simpler than the issues at hand. The government has always had the power to observe behavior in public without a warrant.

Ever heard of "Private in public" doctrine? Or has the US lost that part of privacy rights?

Comment Re:let's be real for a second (Score 1) 429

Hiring older developers is the fastest way to put hundreds of security holes in your software. That's reality, people. They just simply don't keep up and don't have modern college training in the latest security threats and program hacking methods.

Modern college training? You mean the canned courses sold by course farms that are a decade old and full of errors?

Comment Re:For those who can read... (Score 5, Insightful) 237

Which of my "person, house, papers, and effects" is the phone company's information about my phone calls?
It's information about me, but it belongs to the phone company, and they have it. The government can search through it without any impact to me at all.
I'm not saying they should be allowed to, but the 4th Amendment is irrelevant here.

You must interpret the meaning of the time to the technology of today. Communicating over distance when this was written was done by paper handed to a courier. Now that paper is an electronic signal and the courier is an ISP or phone company. Would you consider the government following each and every courier you sent out to see who you were talking to a violation of your privacy in the 1780s? I would

All that said, if you RTFA or even the summary... "That's not exactly saying that such bulk collection is unconscionable or per se unconstitutional, but it's a major step toward respecting privacy as a default. "

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