> “Even though the menu option still required confirmation that the user really wanted to send an alert, that wasn’t enough, on this occasion, to prevent the worker from robotically clicking onwards.”
> “It was too easy — for anyone — to make such a big mistake,” Rapoza told the Post.
Is the "ballistic missile alert technician" role filled by freaking interns or something? HEMA is a part of the DoD, so is this not a military role of some sort where discipline is impressed upon people?
> HEMA has also added a requirement for a second person to confirm the message to be sent, hopefully preventing the first from simply clicking through mistakenly.
But don't worry, we'll just double the humans required (and likely, the cost) since you can't actually trust one human to read confirmation boxes when they're dealing with a first-line defense system that impacts millions of people.
> “It was too easy — for anyone — to make such a big mistake,” Rapoza told the Post.
Is the "ballistic missile alert technician" role filled by freaking interns or something? HEMA is a part of the DoD, so is this not a military role of some sort where discipline is impressed upon people?
> HEMA has also added a requirement for a second person to confirm the message to be sent, hopefully preventing the first from simply clicking through mistakenly.
But don't worry, we'll just double the humans required (and likely, the cost) since you can't actually trust one human to read confirmation boxes when they're dealing with a first-line defense system that impacts millions of people.