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I have this view when it comes to computers and software, not physical property or people.


Does that extend to medical systems? If someone hacks my pacemaker and destabilizes my heart, or my pharmacy/hospital and prevents me from receiving medical care, is that something that should be legally permitted on the basis that "medical device makers/pharmacies/hospitals should try harder, and should somehow compensate their patients if a hack occurs"?

How do you compensate someone who's dead?

This isn't hypothetical: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/28/cyberattacks-u-s-ho...


> Does that extend to medical systems?

Anything network connected that can be reached by an adversary. And, I did not say it shoukd be legal or illegal, just that the fault lies with who administers/secures those systems, not with whoever breaches them.

> How do you compensate someone who's dead?

In some countries where I lived, there were pricelists based on nationality that insurance would pay out in case of accidental death. If you live in a more homogenous country, you can use other factors to determine what the payout should be.


If your bank has shoddy software and a thief steals your money is that ok?


I don’t care in that scenario, it is the bank’s fault, not mine. It is on them to make it right.


It is this disconnected from reality attitude that gives technical people a bad reputation. Please reconsider your bad takes.




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