Personal information which regards to medical health of patients is a very crucial file that must not be distributed publicly, these acts of distribution of confidential file containing the names of about 400 AIDS patient sent from a country health department is an absurd act of this disgruntled employee.
One of the reason that technology was made is to lessen the use of paper, using of paper files can be hazardous to our environment, imagine how much trees will be cut to make our notebooks, newspapers and other paper documents, and paper documents can also be unsafe for those lawbreakers who violate the laws of privacy. Paper files can be easily lost, burned, or even stolen by those "disgruntled people" because they are only kept in file cabinets or folders that can be easily be found.
I agree in using electronic files rather than paper files because electronic files can be stored to a database and also can be retrieve rapidly, and a quality of technology that must not be disregarded, Security. Electronic files also has a great security for those hackers whose target is to get files and scatter them or keeping it for themselves. Hacking electronic files is a crucial thing to do which requires usernames and password and even IP addresses (Online) that only the administrator or the Chief Security Officer of the organization knows. For example in a MMORPG game if you get caught hacking other players accounts you will be banned and that’s only in a game, what about if you hacked a crucial document for example the confidential files with 400 AIDS patients, I think its worse than getting banned maybe sentence on jail or paying hundreds of thousands of dollars or pesos.
In this active modern technology spreading and continually improving, using of paper files must be minimized in keeping confidential file rather use electronic files to be easily stored, retrieve and secured.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Computer Ethics
1. Discuss how adherents of ethical egoism and altruism could analyze the following situation:
Case 1:
Roger plans to buy licensed software in the US using his royalties from the sales of his book on computer ethics and donate the software to her alma mater.
Ethical Egoism:
In Roger's ethical egoism he ought to do what is its own self interest which is to buy a licensed software using his own royalties and donate it to his alma mater.
Ethical Altruism:
But under his Ethical Altruism is it really his obligations to purchase this license software and donate it in order to benefit his Alma matter? But rather it his own self interest that he will donate a license software for his alma mater
Case 2:
Bamba debugged a secret code of the NBI that allowed her to access all computer systems if the agency. She plans to sabotage the whole system as a form of revenge to she considered to be the NBI's violation of human rights
Ethical Egoism:
The Ethical Egoism of Bamba that is to debug a secret code of the NBI to access all the computers as the form of her revenge to the organization is her interest in doing so but it is also unethical to debug a secret code and sabotage an organization by the form of revenge.
Ethical Altruism:
Bamba has her moral obligation and has swear to the organizations ought that to serve the organization and as I believe that each individual employee understands the organizations vision mission goals and more importantly the core values to achieve the goal of the organization. Bamba's act to sabotage the NBI is unethical, immoral and unlawful to the society’s standards that would not help, serve and benefit others.
Case 3:
Marjo wants to create a computer virus that would affect only laptop operations.
Ethical Egoism:
Marjo ethical egoism which deals with creating computer virus that would affect only laptop operation is only his self interest in doing so maybe so that he will be acknowledge, to gain popularity or maybe just for fun.
Ethical Altruism:
Under Marjo's ethical altruism will Marjo's computer virus able to help, serve, and benefit others and is it his moral obligation to produce this computer virus? This action of creating a computer virus that would only affect or damage only laptop operations is harmful to people who uses laptops and rather will not help them or even they will not get benefits and just causes
damages to their hardware.
2. Which among the finalist theory appeals to you most (John Stuarts, Mill's, Utilitarianism, Immanuel Kants, Categorical Imperatives and Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics)
All finalist theorist are really interesting to me, Utilitarianism which deals with the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness in bringing about the most happiness, Categorical Imperatives dealing with reasoning or rationalizing and Nicomachean Ethics which deals with virtues. But the only one that appeals to me most is that by Immanuel Kants Categorical Imperatives or moral law, "Act as if the maxim from which you act were to become through your will a universal law.". This law has its source in the autonomy of a rational being, and it is the formula for an absolutely good will. We human beings have the ability to rationalize and to know what are good or bad that would centers our moral laws.
3. Which among the theories seems to predominate in the world of computing as you know it.
For me among those finalist theories the most dominant of all when it comes to the world of computing is the by John Stuarts Utilitarianism because whether we know it is good or bad as long as we are happy of what we are doing. We all know that pornography in an illegal term is bad but more people "hooked" to it for their sexual pleasure, or even creating viruses, web hacking, or even software piracy these actions as we all know are bad but still many people does it because they are happy about it, the trends today whether we like it or not is most people like to be happy or rather than to follow the society moral laws and even his or her virtue.
Case 1:
Roger plans to buy licensed software in the US using his royalties from the sales of his book on computer ethics and donate the software to her alma mater.
Ethical Egoism:
In Roger's ethical egoism he ought to do what is its own self interest which is to buy a licensed software using his own royalties and donate it to his alma mater.
Ethical Altruism:
But under his Ethical Altruism is it really his obligations to purchase this license software and donate it in order to benefit his Alma matter? But rather it his own self interest that he will donate a license software for his alma mater
Case 2:
Bamba debugged a secret code of the NBI that allowed her to access all computer systems if the agency. She plans to sabotage the whole system as a form of revenge to she considered to be the NBI's violation of human rights
Ethical Egoism:
The Ethical Egoism of Bamba that is to debug a secret code of the NBI to access all the computers as the form of her revenge to the organization is her interest in doing so but it is also unethical to debug a secret code and sabotage an organization by the form of revenge.
Ethical Altruism:
Bamba has her moral obligation and has swear to the organizations ought that to serve the organization and as I believe that each individual employee understands the organizations vision mission goals and more importantly the core values to achieve the goal of the organization. Bamba's act to sabotage the NBI is unethical, immoral and unlawful to the society’s standards that would not help, serve and benefit others.
Case 3:
Marjo wants to create a computer virus that would affect only laptop operations.
Ethical Egoism:
Marjo ethical egoism which deals with creating computer virus that would affect only laptop operation is only his self interest in doing so maybe so that he will be acknowledge, to gain popularity or maybe just for fun.
Ethical Altruism:
Under Marjo's ethical altruism will Marjo's computer virus able to help, serve, and benefit others and is it his moral obligation to produce this computer virus? This action of creating a computer virus that would only affect or damage only laptop operations is harmful to people who uses laptops and rather will not help them or even they will not get benefits and just causes
damages to their hardware.
2. Which among the finalist theory appeals to you most (John Stuarts, Mill's, Utilitarianism, Immanuel Kants, Categorical Imperatives and Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics)
All finalist theorist are really interesting to me, Utilitarianism which deals with the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness in bringing about the most happiness, Categorical Imperatives dealing with reasoning or rationalizing and Nicomachean Ethics which deals with virtues. But the only one that appeals to me most is that by Immanuel Kants Categorical Imperatives or moral law, "Act as if the maxim from which you act were to become through your will a universal law.". This law has its source in the autonomy of a rational being, and it is the formula for an absolutely good will. We human beings have the ability to rationalize and to know what are good or bad that would centers our moral laws.
3. Which among the theories seems to predominate in the world of computing as you know it.
For me among those finalist theories the most dominant of all when it comes to the world of computing is the by John Stuarts Utilitarianism because whether we know it is good or bad as long as we are happy of what we are doing. We all know that pornography in an illegal term is bad but more people "hooked" to it for their sexual pleasure, or even creating viruses, web hacking, or even software piracy these actions as we all know are bad but still many people does it because they are happy about it, the trends today whether we like it or not is most people like to be happy or rather than to follow the society moral laws and even his or her virtue.
Cryptography
1. What is an important difference between public key cryptography and secret key cryptography?
Public key cryptography or Asymmetric key
• Based on the concept of a key pair
• The key pair is designated and associated to one, and only one, trading partner
• Each half of the pair (one key) can encrypt information that only the other half (one key) can decrypt
Secret key Cryptography or Symmetric-key algorithms
• Identical keys are used to encrypt and decrypt the message
• A message encrypted by one specific symmetric key can only be decrypted by using the same key, it can be decrypted with a different key
2. What kinds of Information do Echelon Collects?
Echelon apparently collects different data in several ways. Reports suggest it has massive ground based radio antennae to intercept satellite transmissions. In addition, some sites reputedly are tasked with tapping surface traffic
Echelon uses numerous satellites to catch "spillover" data from transmissions between cities. These satellites then beam the information down to processing centers on the ground.
Echelon also routinely intercepts Internet transmissions. The organization allegedly has installed numerous "sniffer" devices. These "sniffers" collect information from data packets as they traverse the Internet via several key junctions. It also uses search software to scan for web sites that may be of interest.
Furthermore, it is believed that Echelon has even used special underwater devices which tap into cables that carry phone calls across the seas. According to published reports, American divers were able to install surveillance devices on to the underwater cables. One of these taps was discovered in 1982, but other devices apparently continued to function undetected.
It is not known at this point whether Echelon has been able to tap fiber optic phone cables.
3. Describe at least three different kinds of uses of encryption that has a social value. Indicate why they are important.
The Social implication of Encryption are:
• Data Security -By transforming information to unreadable form confidential information tends to be secured to anyone.
• Knowledge -By translating of readable message to a secret code which tends other people will not understand to read and must need special knowledge to decrypt.
• Incomprehensible - People that don’t understand tends to be discouraged from reading or copying the messages.
Public key cryptography or Asymmetric key
• Based on the concept of a key pair
• The key pair is designated and associated to one, and only one, trading partner
• Each half of the pair (one key) can encrypt information that only the other half (one key) can decrypt
Secret key Cryptography or Symmetric-key algorithms
• Identical keys are used to encrypt and decrypt the message
• A message encrypted by one specific symmetric key can only be decrypted by using the same key, it can be decrypted with a different key
2. What kinds of Information do Echelon Collects?
Echelon apparently collects different data in several ways. Reports suggest it has massive ground based radio antennae to intercept satellite transmissions. In addition, some sites reputedly are tasked with tapping surface traffic
Echelon uses numerous satellites to catch "spillover" data from transmissions between cities. These satellites then beam the information down to processing centers on the ground.
Echelon also routinely intercepts Internet transmissions. The organization allegedly has installed numerous "sniffer" devices. These "sniffers" collect information from data packets as they traverse the Internet via several key junctions. It also uses search software to scan for web sites that may be of interest.
Furthermore, it is believed that Echelon has even used special underwater devices which tap into cables that carry phone calls across the seas. According to published reports, American divers were able to install surveillance devices on to the underwater cables. One of these taps was discovered in 1982, but other devices apparently continued to function undetected.
It is not known at this point whether Echelon has been able to tap fiber optic phone cables.
3. Describe at least three different kinds of uses of encryption that has a social value. Indicate why they are important.
The Social implication of Encryption are:
• Data Security -By transforming information to unreadable form confidential information tends to be secured to anyone.
• Knowledge -By translating of readable message to a secret code which tends other people will not understand to read and must need special knowledge to decrypt.
• Incomprehensible - People that don’t understand tends to be discouraged from reading or copying the messages.
Cryptography
1. What is an important difference between public key cryptography and secret key cryptography?
Public key cryptography or Asymmetric key
• Based on the concept of a key pair
• The key pair is designated and associated to one, and only one, trading partner
• Each half of the pair (one key) can encrypt information that only the other half (one key) can decrypt
Secret key Cryptography or Symmetric-key algorithms
• Identical keys are used to encrypt and decrypt the message
• A message encrypted by one specific symmetric key can only be decrypted by using the same key, it can be decrypted with a different key
2. What kinds of Information do Echelon Collects?
Echelon apparently collects different data in several ways. Reports suggest it has massive ground based radio antennae to intercept satellite transmissions. In addition, some sites reputedly are tasked with tapping surface traffic
Echelon uses numerous satellites to catch "spillover" data from transmissions between cities. These satellites then beam the information down to processing centers on the ground.
Echelon also routinely intercepts Internet transmissions. The organization allegedly has installed numerous "sniffer" devices. These "sniffers" collect information from data packets as they traverse the Internet via several key junctions. It also uses search software to scan for web sites that may be of interest.
Furthermore, it is believed that Echelon has even used special underwater devices which tap into cables that carry phone calls across the seas. According to published reports, American divers were able to install surveillance devices on to the underwater cables. One of these taps was discovered in 1982, but other devices apparently continued to function undetected.
It is not known at this point whether Echelon has been able to tap fiber optic phone cables.
3. Describe at least three different kinds of uses of encryption that has a social value. Indicate why they are important.
The Social implication of Encryption are:
• Data Security -By transforming information to unreadable form confidential information tends to be secured to anyone.
• Knowledge -By translating of readable message to a secret code which tends other people will not understand to read and must need special knowledge to decrypt.
• Incomprehensible - People that don’t understand tends to be discouraged from reading or copying the messages.
Public key cryptography or Asymmetric key
• Based on the concept of a key pair
• The key pair is designated and associated to one, and only one, trading partner
• Each half of the pair (one key) can encrypt information that only the other half (one key) can decrypt
Secret key Cryptography or Symmetric-key algorithms
• Identical keys are used to encrypt and decrypt the message
• A message encrypted by one specific symmetric key can only be decrypted by using the same key, it can be decrypted with a different key
2. What kinds of Information do Echelon Collects?
Echelon apparently collects different data in several ways. Reports suggest it has massive ground based radio antennae to intercept satellite transmissions. In addition, some sites reputedly are tasked with tapping surface traffic
Echelon uses numerous satellites to catch "spillover" data from transmissions between cities. These satellites then beam the information down to processing centers on the ground.
Echelon also routinely intercepts Internet transmissions. The organization allegedly has installed numerous "sniffer" devices. These "sniffers" collect information from data packets as they traverse the Internet via several key junctions. It also uses search software to scan for web sites that may be of interest.
Furthermore, it is believed that Echelon has even used special underwater devices which tap into cables that carry phone calls across the seas. According to published reports, American divers were able to install surveillance devices on to the underwater cables. One of these taps was discovered in 1982, but other devices apparently continued to function undetected.
It is not known at this point whether Echelon has been able to tap fiber optic phone cables.
3. Describe at least three different kinds of uses of encryption that has a social value. Indicate why they are important.
The Social implication of Encryption are:
• Data Security -By transforming information to unreadable form confidential information tends to be secured to anyone.
• Knowledge -By translating of readable message to a secret code which tends other people will not understand to read and must need special knowledge to decrypt.
• Incomprehensible - People that don’t understand tends to be discouraged from reading or copying the messages.
Technological Issues
I thinks this actions is not a unnecessary use of technology because its there. This practices of innovating boardgames to computer version is just a tool or just an option for people o children to play a certain game. This actions contains advantages such as it is innovated and improved, it has world wide availability (Online boardgames), it allows single and multiplayers options The disadvantage of replacing boardgames to PC version is limited access of people, with this children with computer may only play PC version of boardgames, second Costly, you need to buy a computer and buy a software or game in order to play, and it changes the nature of the game.
Suppose an employee uses computer time, services and store on employers computer
for the employees own businesses. Can we treat this action as a theft or not?
And why?
Yes, because I consider that using of computer in the business or organization by personal use is restricted by the organization and using computer in the business only for official transactions only.
Suppose an employee uses computer time, services and store on employers computer
for the employees own businesses. Can we treat this action as a theft or not?
And why?
Yes, because I consider that using of computer in the business or organization by personal use is restricted by the organization and using computer in the business only for official transactions only.
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