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  1. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jan-2019 02:59:25 UTC Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Reuters: "Move aside, backseat driver! New tech at CES monitors you inside car"

    https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/70686

    (Internet Archive link because the article now 404's.)

    This type of tracking of a driver and car occupants can indeed provide useful features---both safety and convenience. But I would only be in favor of this sort of thing if it were free software and the car were under complete control of the user, and the system could be wholly disabled with clearly visible and unambiguous hardware switch, which is also visible to passengers.

    But proprietary systems doing this will be incentivized to sell data to third parties. The article gives some examples of some terrible uses of this type of tracking.

    As we move further and further into the future where these types of things are going to become more commonplace, the goal IMO shouldn't be to resist technological progress---it should be to ensure that it _empowers_ users, rather than making them servants or products.

    #privacy #surveillance #ethics
    about a year ago from web permalink
  2. Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern)'s status on Thursday, 03-Jan-2019 08:15:28 UTC Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺

    "we should be working not just to pay the bills, but to make sure we don’t create software that we will one day regret", I like the term #ethicalDebt, software engineers think a lot about technical debt when building software but we should not forget the ethical debt of what we build. https://thenewstack.io/tech-ethics-new-years-resolution-dont-build-software-you-will-regret/ #software #engineering #ethics

    about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
  3. Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern)'s status on Thursday, 03-Jan-2019 08:14:43 UTC Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺

    "we should be working not just to pay the bills, but to make sure we don’t create software that we will one day regret", I like the term #ethicalDebt software engineers think a lot about technical debt when building software but we should not forget the ethical debt of what we build. https://thenewstack.io/tech-ethics-new-years-resolution-dont-build-software-you-will-regret/ #software #engineering #ethics

    about a year ago from mastodon.social permalink
  4. Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 13:04:49 UTC Aral Balkan Aral Balkan

    GDMR: this one simple regulation could end surveillance capitalism in the EU

    https://ar.al/2018/11/29/gdmr-this-one-simple-regulation-could-end-surveillance-capitalism-in-the-eu/

    #SurveillanceCapitalism #EU #Freedom #HumanRights #Democracy #Ethics #Technology #Regulation

    about a year ago from mastodon.ar.al permalink
  5. Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 13:03:28 UTC Aral Balkan Aral Balkan

    GDMR: this one simple regulation could end surveillance capitalism in the EU

    https://ar.al/2018/11/29/gdmr-this-one-simple-regulation-could-end-surveillance-capitalism-in-the-eu/

    #SurveillanceCapitalism #EU #Freedom #HumanRights #Democracy #Ethics #Technology #Regulation

    about a year ago from mastodon.ar.al permalink
  6. doctorow (doctorow)'s status on Monday, 19-Nov-2018 17:36:02 UTC doctorow doctorow

    RT @murfyn@twitter.com: @doctorow@twitter.com Send more trolleys!
    #ethics

    🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/murfyn/status/1064571293264097280

    about a year ago from mamot.fr permalink
  7. Nick Doty (npd)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2018 17:35:00 UTC Nick Doty Nick Doty
    in reply to
    • Mike Gerwitz
    • Anna Lauren

    @mikegerwitz it's great to talk codes of #ethics for technology!

    Before you get too far into coming up with a new code, could I introduce you to some academics who have studied many of the existing codes? It can be especially tempting to assume there's nothing out there and start fresh, but indeed many people have suggested similar projects in the past.

    /cc @annaeveryday or I can introduce you via email in case she's not checking Mastodon

    Wednesday, 24-Jan-2018 17:35:00 UTC from octodon.social permalink
  8. realitygaps (realitygaps)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2017 15:49:23 UTC realitygaps realitygaps

    A reminder: https://social.weho.st/media/i-3wjBI6hK5lpMqHy_Y
    #chaos #ethics

    Tuesday, 28-Nov-2017 15:49:23 UTC from social.weho.st permalink
  9. Björn Schießle (bes)'s status on Sunday, 04-Jun-2017 06:42:51 UTC Björn Schießle Björn Schießle
    In a software driven world, developers have a special responsibility, don't close our eyes! http://karlitschek.de/2017/06/is-doing-nothing-evil #software #dev #responsibility #ethics
    Sunday, 04-Jun-2017 06:42:51 UTC from io.schiessle.org permalink
  10. Björn Schießle (bes)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2017 07:42:24 UTC Björn Schießle Björn Schießle
    "The more software continues to take over every aspect of our lives, the more important it will be for us to take a stand and ensure that our ethics are ever-present in our code." https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-code-im-still-ashamed-of-e4c021dff55e #code #programming #ethics
    Friday, 19-May-2017 07:42:24 UTC from io.schiessle.org permalink

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