The "broken" items listed in Scott's 2012 blog are primarily personal productivity- and convenience-killing annoyances. Of far greater are the rather-more important things (like hospital operations, critical infrastructure and even medical implant integrity) that are broken, even though EVERYONE cares.<p>Software bugs cause more than lost inconvenience and productivity; they are an important vector for malicious activity that can be life-threatening.<p>Have things have gotten better or worse since 2012? Alot worse, I'd say:<p>2012:<p>The worst security snafus of 2012 – so far (NetworkWorld)<p>Worst security snafus of 2012, part 2 (Security InfoWorld)<p>2013:<p>2013 Raises the watermark of cybercrime worldwide (In depth Analysis) (Hack Read)<p>2014:<p>The year cyber danger doubled (Government Technology)<p>63 Percent of IT Security Pros Say They Can't Protect Confidential Data (eSecurity Planet)<p>79 Percent of IT Administrators Want to Quit Due to Stress (eSecurity Planet)<p>Average company now compromised every four days, with no end to the cybercrime wave in sight (ZDNet)<p>6 things security pros keep getting wrong (Security InfoWorld)<p>IT pros lack confidence in preventing cyber attacks, report shows (Computer Weekly)<p>2015:<p>Anthem says at least 8.8 million non-customers could be victims in data hack (Reuters)<p>US Office of Personnel Management Hacked Again (Slashdot)<p>Millions of records compromised in these data breaches (CSO Online)<p>2015's biggest data breaches: Were you a victim? (InfoWorld)<p>2016:<p>Hackers are holding a California hospital’s network hostage for $3.6 million (The Verge)<p>Infamous French Hacker Calls Internet a "Digital Shantytown" (Slashdot)<p>Ransomware Expected To Hit 'Lifesaving' Medical Devices In 2016 (Slashdot)<p>OK, panic—newly evolved ransomware is bad news for everyone (Ars Technica)<p>Even the Dumbest Ransomware Is Almost Unremovable On Smart TVs (Slashdot)<p>Bruce Schneier: We're sleepwalking towards digital disaster and are too dumb to stop (The Register)
There have been a few HN threads of late theorizing why ther are so many bugs. My lastest theory: AI in software _development_ will fix the quality issue. There's just too much being written at too fast a pace.