Failure to Warn Might Get You Pwned: Vulnerability Disclosure and Products Liability in Software

Failure to Warn Might Get You Pwned: Vulnerability Disclosure and Products Liability in Software

Which manufacturers have legal threats? Why can’t the consumer that bought defective product use legal system?"" -@weldpond, Oct. 4, 2015

This talk will address the second question in that tweet, by exploring how product liability suits might help consumers who suffer harm from vulnerabilities in software that vendors are aware of but do not patch. It will discuss legal concepts but in a non-legalese manner, and explain how product liability suits might someday help protect consumers.

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