Thursday, May 24, 2012

So sue me: are lawyers really the key to computer security? (Timothy B. Lee/Ars Technica)

Posted by SecureTech

July 3, 2011

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
So sue me: are lawyers really the key to computer security? — If your code gets hacked, are you the one on the hook? In the early decades of the software industry, the answer was usually “no.” Software licenses routinely disclaimed liability, and until recently, security flaws were considered to be just another fact of life.