Computer Ethics, Summer 2019, Class 5

Class 3 Readings

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News items:

Google Chrome and Ad-Blockers

Here's the Forbes take: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/05/30/google-just-gave-2-billion-chrome-users-a-reason-to-switch-to-firefox/#56129a8a751f

Why use Chrome?


Papers

Sci-hub: if knowledge should be free, how is Sci-hub different from making newspapers and books free? And what, if anything, do prestigious-but-paywalled journals add to society?

Sampling: what is the obligation? Do samplers always need permission? Are there cases when permission is not required?

Debates




Begin with the NSA

Did Congress intend to authorize as much NSA snooping as happened?

Is Ed Snowden a hero or a spy?