Readings in Ethics and Social Implications of Computing

Risks of Technology
Invasion of Privacy
Intellectual Property and Digital Rights
Computers, Weapons, War, and Terrorism
  • LA Times' Bush Eases Limits on Supercomputer Exports
  • CNN.com's Digital assault against Pentagon rises
  • GovExec.com's Mounting a Defense
  • New weapons against IT security threats
  • Computers as weapons of war
  • Singapore takes war on terror to the Web
  • Apple destroys unlocked iphones
  • Idaho Lab Demonstrates Vulnerability in the Power Grid
  • WIN SECurity WAR - security unleashed: Sybex - Official CEH Review Guide ebook
  • - Terrorism Information Awareness
    Computer Crime
    Topics to include fraud, embezzlement, sabotage, digital forgery, intrusion, hacking, cracking, and computer crime laws
    Impact of Computers on the Workplace
    Topics to include job destruction and creation, job hopping, telework, and employee monitoring
    Impact of Computers on the Home and the Digital Divide
    Topics to include bitwealth, the IT meal ticket, and computing in the 3rd world
    • http://www.computer-aid.org is a society in the UK that takes discarded computers and ships them to africa instead of dumping them in landfills.
    Here are some more links on computing in the third world:
    Impact of Computers on Education
    Ethics
    Topics to include ethical theories, guidelines for computer professionals
    The Digital Society
    Topics to include chat rooms, online communities
    BioWare, Biometrics, Digital Implants, Cyberenhancement
    Graphics and Computer Games
    IT, Information Systems, Computing in Business

    • Student-Submitted

    The following as-yet-uncategorized links are spoken-for, and will not count towards your required 10 (unless you were the first one who submitted them).