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helloplanetstoday at 11:00 AM2 repliesview on HN

Pretty sure the developer could get in serious legal trouble if this happened to cause issues with a larger company's system.

Has anything similar happened before?


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magniotoday at 11:04 AM

Yes, and way before vibe-coding is a thing. Back in 2022, a version of node-ipc formatted the disk of users in Russia and Belarus.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/sabot...

ramon156today at 11:05 AM

> I ship code

> I add disclaimed that i am not liable for jack

> Someone uses my code wrong and now there's damage

Is this legally my fault? I have no idea, just curious

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