ETHICS OVERVIEW

CS10 Winter 2013

Any ethical issues from ICTD discussions?

Ethics and laws haven’t kept up with technology

We should think about what this means Programming is power – must be

responsible

Topics

Privacy The privacy act of 1974 says the FBI can’t

get your IRS data without a reason… but they can buy it from Axcient

Intellectual Property Apple won a suit against Samsung for

infringing on patents including rounded corners – 1B damages

Security Your car’s internal computer can be hacked

Topics

Replacing peoples’ decisions with computers’ decisions? Driverless cars Medical diagnosis systems

Hacking and identity theft Critical systems

Autopilots, etc What is the programmer’s responsibility

in all of this?