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Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they've been asked to do
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:33:44 -0500
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: November 21, 2016 at 12:49:01 AM EST To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they've been asked to do Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they've been asked to do http://www.businessinsider.com/programmers-confess-unethical-illegal-tasks-asked-of-them-2016-11 "We are killing people," Martin says. "We did not get into this business to kill people. And this is only getting worse." He pointed out that "there are hints" that developers will increasingly face some real heat in the years to come. He cited Volkswagen America's CEO, Michael Horn, who at first blamed software engineers for the company's emissions cheating scandal during a Congressional hearing, claimed the coders had acted on their own "for whatever reason." Horn later resigned after US prosecutors accused the company of making this decision at the highest levels and then trying to cover it up. But Martin pointed out, "The weird thing is, it was software developers who wrote that code. It was us. Some programmers wrote cheating code. Do you think they knew? I think they probably knew." - - - --Lauren--
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