[ale] Freelance web-devs make in-secure sites

[leam hall]

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> The merest hint of "set and forget" devices left live online forever
> scares the poo out of me. Colossally stupid idea. Add the "use of this
> device releases the manufacturer of all liability" license crap and it
> starts looking like a smokers convention at a fireworks factory.
>
> There's a responsibility level that software production just hasn't
> accepted yet. Sometimes 'release early, release often' is really translated
> to 'break early, break often, release anyway".
>

Well, yes. But if you offer "up to" USD 250 for a web site, what do you
expect? Given the source, I can see this drumming up sales for their
expensive and problematic product.

On the IoT track, I agree completely. Not much for "machines writing code"
either, as the code for the machines was probably written with the same
lack of security as the IoT stuff.

Coding is projected to become a blue collar job. That assumes security
isn't a priority, nor is supportability or performance.

Leam
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