I understand what you're saying but feel like I must be writing unclearly, because I'm not suggesting that photo sharing apps should be held to the same standard of care as banks, or even that anyone advocating liability believes they will be. What I'm saying is that the standard of care most generalist software developers consider when they think about liability is, contrary to expectations, a standard not consistently applied even in sensitive industries that are intrinsically and demonstrably motivated to defend against security flaws even in the absence of meaningful regulations.
Okay, so that standard is not currently applied as one would expect. That doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't be so applied. I think the question here is, how much more expensive is software development when held to this standard?
I don't propose an answer -- I'm curious what you think.
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I understand what you're saying but feel like I must be writing unclearly, because I'm not suggesting that photo sharing apps should be held to the same standard of care as banks, or even that anyone advocating liability believes they will be. What I'm saying is that the standard of care most generalist software developers consider when they think about liability is, contrary to expectations, a standard not consistently applied even in sensitive industries that are intrinsically and demonstrably motivated to defend against security flaws even in the absence of meaningful regulations.
Okay, so that standard is not currently applied as one would expect. That doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't be so applied. I think the question here is, how much more expensive is software development when held to this standard?
I don't propose an answer -- I'm curious what you think.