Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

On 5/14/25 23:27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 14 May 2025 21:39:49 +0100, Pancho wrote:
 

People shouldn't be sacked for a whiff of anything. That encourages
false allegations.

 The key being credible allegations. Also, the phrase “no smoke without
fire” comes to mind ...
 

Well, that is nonsense. In the UK, Police management had a history of trumping up charges of misconduct against officers who challenged institutional abuse or corruption.

“Innocent until proven guilty” should only apply to private citizens going
about their private affairs. Those who are elected or appointed to a
higher office with statutory power over others need to be held to a higher
standard.

No "Innocent until proven guilty" is a fine maxim. The higher standards in public life should be codified. For instance, there is a fear that public officials could be induced to implement policies based on receiving gifts, i.e. bribes. So the higher standard in public life should be to prevent them receiving gifts, at all. They should be fired for breaching this rule, independent of any proof the gift was an inducement, a bribe. It is easier to prove they received a gift, than that the gift was effectively a bribe. However, there should be proof they received the gift. We shouldn't fire a public official just because someone makes an unsubstantiated allegation against them.
For instance, this week, a prominent Swedish national security officer was forced to quit over Grindr images. The point was not that he had Grindr images, but that he had omitted to declare the information in security background checks. This was concrete proof of failing to meet a higher standard of disclosure.