Computer Ethics, Spring 2022

Week 5, Feb Feb 15

Class 5 Readings

Start reading Chapter 2 on privacy.

From the Hacker News comments:

    Censorship is cool when cool new tech companies are doing it.

The writer is, of course, being sarcastic.

Reporter who discovered Missouri database flaw will not be prosecuted

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/technology/article258330168.html

Prosecution would be a terrible precedent. The prosecutor said "there is an argument to be made that there was a violation of law", but this is face-saving drivel.


Support for the EARN IT act is heating up.

Jerry Day and Jonas Diener

OCEAN
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Privacy from the government