Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they've been asked to do

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> 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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