Comment by lutorm

3 years ago

In aerospace it definitely does happen. For example, NASA, as a customer, has the right to independently review flight software implemented by contractors.

I can neither confirm nor deny that independent review of software, especially of components involved in chain-of-trust and firmware loading, also happens for some of the largest-scale communication devices available on the global market, as required by multiple governments before allowing heads of state and other critically important persons to use them unmodified. ;-)