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lostlogin 9 hours ago

> focused on stuff like the Therac-25 case study, but I could easily see a more modern version of the course

A good example of bad that can happen but damn is that just plain lazy.

More recent examples are surely more relevant and would generated more discussion.

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gaudystead 6 hours ago | parent [-]

For someone just learning about the Therac-25 incident, what more recent cases would've worked better to foster discussion that can also be read about?

	▲	lostlogin 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'd like to learn this too. But off the top of my head - Facebook and the genocide in Myanmar. The various collosal data breaches that usually have token punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches Mass surveillance and face identification by private companies for law enforcement eg https://www.auror.co/role/loss-prevention You can't appeal it and they don't respond to requests for your records (like a government department would). Social media and addiction to it. How this should be managed with vulnerable groups, eg children? I'm sure there are numerous better examples out there.