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Social and ethic.ppt
This document discusses how technology can both increase individual capabilities and vulnerabilities. It explores how the internet has evolved from military use in the 1960s to widespread personal use today. It also examines ethics issues around internet content restrictions, censorship, and the responsibilities of different types of internet providers. Solutions to vulnerabilities are suggested, such as software updates and password protection. Overall the document provides a broad overview of social implications, capabilities, vulnerabilities and ethical issues related to increasing technology and internet use.
Social and ethic.ppt
- 1. Social Implications & Ethics KelseyBreslin Jason Spiegel Jimmy Zelinske Lan Nguyen
- 2. Increase capability ofthe individual Internet Social networking Jobs Dating (eHarmony) Merchandising
- 3. Increase capability ofthe individual Transportation Subways/Metro Cars Airplanes Future: jetpacks? Teleportation devices?
- 4. Increase capability ofthe individual Jobs Dangerous tasks are done more safely Tedious jobs are done more efficiently More output is produced at a lower cost and faster pace
- 5. Increase capability ofthe individual Medicine Microscopes, MRI machines, CAT scans, x-rays, etc. all allow research to be done on different ailments and diseases, making the chance of a discovering a cure increase
- 6. Increase vulnerability ofthe user Computer Literacy Understanding the capabilities of computer’s Ability to use computers adequately I.D. theft Computers are the first resource for Identity thieves
- 7. Targets Applications are thetop vulnerabilities Microsoft SQL, FTP servers OS Apple QuickTime Source: http://www.sans.org/top- cyber-security-risks/trends.php
- 8. Solutions to Vulnerability Updates(patches) Use secure sites Protect passwords
- 9. Ethics of internetusers Ethics on the internet Acceptance that internet is not a free zone The internet is a free place, but there should be restrictions on contents allowed to be on the web. Off-line world laws to on-line world Laws should be involved in some cases, such as copyright Global cultures Put some sensitivity on the contents
- 10. Internet Development 1960: Usedto share information in the military 1969: used in some universities for research 1970’s-1990’s: Developments in speed and connections 1996-present: internet connection speed increasing, Wi-Fi connection.
- 11. Internet Development From 80’swith the development of Windows, more and more people use the internet Estimate to around 25-30 billions web pages Unlike before, where the internet only can be use in a small area, now it can be used anywhere.
- 12. Ethics of internetproviders (US- like countries) ISPs take little to no responsibility View the internet as neutral and so they remain neutral Only things like child pornography etc... are blacklisted DMCA and copyright infringement is simply forwarded to the offender
- 13. Ethics of internetproviders (US- like countries) There is almost no filtering Fairly frequently censorship bills are introduced Protest groups like DemandProgress.org attempt to shoot it down
- 14. Ethics of internetproviders China-like countries) ISPs take things into their own hands View the internet as something they own ISPs won't hesitate to take something offline ISPs heavily filter traffic based on politics Countries like China and Australia have long blacklists of websites their citizens cannot visit due to political interests
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