Breathalyzer software

[SteveDallas]

We don't often think about it (well, most of us don't), but every digital gadget around uses some kind of software that somebody had to write. We just sort of assume that devices like, say, breathalyzers, work the way they're supposed to. But maybe we shouldn't . . . .

. . . the code is excessively complex, poorly maintained, and includes at least one reproducible bug—a buffer overflow error that will occur under specific conditions.

And that's just from the company that was paid by the gadget's manufacturer!

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...rce-review.ars