CS 440 Computers, Ethics and Society

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CS 440 Computers, Ethics and Society

• Spring 2000
• Class 19
• March 9, 2000

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Thought for the Day

• Right is right, even if everyone is against it
  and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.
• William Penn

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Todays Agenda

• Finish Baase, chapter 6, AE 23
• Baase, Chapter 7
• AE 26 27

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Constitutional Issues (Ch. 6)

• How do we balance freedom of speech with
  necessary limitations on libel, obscenity, crime,
  etc. on the net?

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Bad Information on the Net

• What types of information are out there that
  are/could be bad?
• Several types
• What options do we have to take care of this?
• List at least 4 at your table.
• Think Pair Share

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What can an ISP do?

• Try to filter block
• Open the door Let the buyer beware!

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What Liability does the ISP have?

• If they filter or censor
• CompuServe Germany
• The more restrictive often rules!

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Can we Balance?

• Free Speech
• Protection of Children

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Media Regulation Models

• Print media (newspapers, magazines)
• Common Carrier (phone)
• Broadcast (TV, radio)
• Which of these should apply to the Internet?
• Think Pair Share

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Anonymity Pseudonymity

• Federalist Papers were pseudonymous
• Anonymous remailers, web site re-directors
• Clinton administration just announced that every
  internet crime should be traceable!
• No room for anonymity!

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Fourth Amendment

• Text of the amendment, page 200.
• Search Seizure of computers
• Craig Neidorf Phrack (1989)
• Steve Jackson Games (1990)
• Chilling effect of prosecution

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How Hackers Break in

• What did you learn?

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The Tide of Prints

• What, besides prints, are we beginning to use for
  identity?
• How easy will it be to set up your own
  fingerprint database?
• Why are latent prints harder to search for?

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Computers Crime

• Have any of you been touched by computer crime?
• How has computerization changed the face of crime?