top | item 18245204 (no title) weeks | 7 years ago Code review, trusted build environments and code signing could entirely prevent a single engineer from modifying the code running on the car. discuss order hn newest DeonPenny|7 years ago None of those would stop a tech lead or engineering manager oldgradstudent|7 years ago No, but making an example of him would have reduced the incentive to do it again.Also, removing him from the the tech lead position would have helped prevent further incidents. DSingularity|7 years ago Structure as appropriate for the potential for public harm. If necessary, make it required that an executive sign. If you can’t trust your executives then you shouldn’t have projects that can harm the public. They could have killed the Camry driver. load replies (1) onetimemanytime|7 years ago >>None of those would stop a tech lead or engineering managerThen something else should. Imagine one guy, gone nuts, changing the code on millions of vehicles in one shot.
DeonPenny|7 years ago None of those would stop a tech lead or engineering manager oldgradstudent|7 years ago No, but making an example of him would have reduced the incentive to do it again.Also, removing him from the the tech lead position would have helped prevent further incidents. DSingularity|7 years ago Structure as appropriate for the potential for public harm. If necessary, make it required that an executive sign. If you can’t trust your executives then you shouldn’t have projects that can harm the public. They could have killed the Camry driver. load replies (1) onetimemanytime|7 years ago >>None of those would stop a tech lead or engineering managerThen something else should. Imagine one guy, gone nuts, changing the code on millions of vehicles in one shot.
oldgradstudent|7 years ago No, but making an example of him would have reduced the incentive to do it again.Also, removing him from the the tech lead position would have helped prevent further incidents.
DSingularity|7 years ago Structure as appropriate for the potential for public harm. If necessary, make it required that an executive sign. If you can’t trust your executives then you shouldn’t have projects that can harm the public. They could have killed the Camry driver. load replies (1)
onetimemanytime|7 years ago >>None of those would stop a tech lead or engineering managerThen something else should. Imagine one guy, gone nuts, changing the code on millions of vehicles in one shot.
DeonPenny|7 years ago
oldgradstudent|7 years ago
Also, removing him from the the tech lead position would have helped prevent further incidents.
DSingularity|7 years ago
onetimemanytime|7 years ago
Then something else should. Imagine one guy, gone nuts, changing the code on millions of vehicles in one shot.