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Does Privacy Matter?. Ethics. About this lecture. Do something a bit different Get you to start thinking about ethical issues Specifically focussing on privacy Leads onto other issues such as Security Governmental power v individual freedom Mix of me talking and video content.
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Does Privacy Matter? Ethics
About this lecture • Do something a bit different • Get you to start thinking about ethical issues • Specifically focussing on privacy • Leads onto other issues such as • Security • Governmental power v individual freedom • Mix of me talking and video content
Before we begin • On your phone – laptop – tablet • Search for the following • communist party manifesto pdf • Visit the site • Open the file • I will explain later what that was all about at the end
Is Apple Stalking you? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha8f0twVwwY
So what is Ethics? • Informed consent and voluntary involvement • Anonymity, confidentiality • No harm in any way • Anti-discriminatory practice • Power and relationships • Data security
Informed consent and voluntary involvement • How does being manipulated make you feel? • http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/30/facebook-only-got-permission-to-do-research-on-users-after-emotion-manipulation-study/
Anonymity, confidentiality • What might it do if you were associated unfairly with some questionable activity? • http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ashley-madison-email-address-scots-6281661?_sm_au_=iVV16D07rrjPJM2F
No harm in any way • Can you think of potential problems with such access to children’s toys? • http://www.cnet.com/news/could-hello-barbie-become-the-plaything-of-hackers-turns-out-toys-are-vulnerable-to-hacks-too/#ftag=CAD590a51e
Anti-discriminatory practice • Is that fair? • http://www.cnet.com/news/mac-users-pay-more-than-pc-users-says-orbitz/#!
Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk
So why does it really matter? • Joseph McCarthy • How to lose your job, friends and reputation • Are you a communist? • Fear of terrorist attacks in the 1950s • Could something like this happen again? • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
Well… • You accessed the communist party site • Record on your phone • Record on server • Location of phone known • Why else would a room full of people access the communist party web site all at once? • Of course nothing like this could ever happen again!