Cheating like #VW is not new, but software means novel methods. We'll be told not much be done. Not true. My piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/opinion/volkswagen-and-the-era-of-cheating-software.html …
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Software brings complexity (and often opacity) to the operation of objects, and it can also be used to detect testing and thus thwart it.
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Smart "cheating" needs smarter testing. Tests in the wild—not lab, hard-to-tamper logs, open source/code audits, cryptographic signing, etc.
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What I often see that software brings new problems, but lack of broad technical understanding is used as a tool to fight real solutions.
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This might be somewhat similar to banking industries where complexity of instruments may have helped shield them from regulatory scrutiny.
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So it may be be that hedge funds did not *really* need complex derivatives for their function, but to make them less likely to be regulated.
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Well that lack of oversight almost bankrupt the global economy, and is still causing enormous pain to ordinary people around the world so...
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What I think we need more is technical people working broadly in the public interest—officially, informally, in government, writing, etc.
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Like many waves of innovation before, digital has gone through the pirate/hack phase and will increasingly be a tool helping the powerful.
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@BrendanEich Sure though tech is never just technical, since it helps structure the architecture of options. Things can get better or worse.
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