"Whether it’s drones or commercial robots, the ability for hackers to gain access to these devices opens up a world of liability questions, with no answers on the near horizon. “In earlier generations of technology, we adapted a contractual approach where we were presented with warnings, clicked ‘yes’ and there was an assumption we were using that code at our own risk,” says Andrea Matwyshyn, Microsoft visiting professor at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. “But as more advanced devices use code, the calculation of that risk is dramatically altered. The question of whether legal responsibility needs to be ratcheted up a notch in the software creation process is something we’ll need to address in the near future.”"
- Date Published:05/13/2015
- Original Publication:Wired