Should Microsoft Be Fined? 2

[PCLine]

So Micro$oft have done it again ~ they have got a product that someone has been able to hack.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3013665.stm

With 200 million passport acconts having been vulnerable for the past 7 months and a potentional $11,000 dollar fine for each security lapse ~ has the world gone mad to rely on the security of Micro$oft $oftware ~ has Micro$oft gone mad to think they can ever be secure?

Legally, micr$oft may be held to account. But should they be ethically held to account for someone "cracking" their security if it is shown that they had or have done everything they could to ensure the security of that product. Or is it the mere fact that they release a "secure" product that makes them "ethically" liable for subsequent security breaches?

All the best.

 

[Kjonnnn]

OK ... so the alarm system is free, but you forgot to do a window.

Do I get what I pay for?
Do I expect the the qualify of my neighbor's $5,000 system?
If they discover they forgot a window, and come fix it. Can I gripe?

Whats the extent of their liability due to their negligence of forgetting to do window?
Do I have a the right to sue, if nothing was stolen from my house. (In other words, do I have any actual damages).

Questions questions question.

 

[spewn]

in your alarm analogy, you have it slightly wrong. the alarm doesn't guarantee to secure your house from robbery, only to alert you that the perimeter has been comprimised.

the better example would be a panic room.

- g