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Chapter 14
Social and Legal Issues
Chapter Outline
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A gift of fire
Here, there, everywhere
Privacy
The Computer said so
Computer crime
Constitutional and civil liberties
issues
Communication issues: encryption
and wiretapping
A Gift of Fire
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Computer technology, most people agree,
is the most significant new technology
since the beginning of the Industrial
Revolution.
Can do many goods.
But like fire, the power of computers has
introduced serious problems: million-dollar
thefts, potential loss of privacy,
breakdowns of large, complex systems
such as communication networks and
banking systems.
Level 6
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Examine relationships between the
use of computers and law, work,
public policy, ethics, responsibility,
science, freedom of action, and
quality of life.
Benefits
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Information services
Consumer services
Communications
Education
Entertainment
Medical equipment and research …
Bring changes…
Privacy
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Government databases
• Unauthorized use by insiders
• Inadvertent leakage of information through
negligence or carelessness
• Propagation of errors and the harm caused by
them
• Intentional uses that some people find
objectionable.
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Big Brother’s Files
Fifty little brothers
How to Protect Privacy
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Using trusted 3rd party
Audit trail
Encryption
Informed consent
Issues
• Regulation
• Ownership of data
• Contracts
The Computer Said So
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Many people still think the computer
is always right.
Major failures do occur.
How much should we rely on
computers? Consider risks and
benefits
Case study on evaluating computer
models: crashing cars and global
warming
Computer Crime
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Fraud, embezzlement, and theft
Stealing data
Hacking or cracking
Viruses and worms
Constitutional and civil liberties
issues
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Censorship versus Freedom of
speech: Communications Decency
ACT (CDA), 1996
Search and seizure and freedom of
the electronic “press”
More freedom-of-speech issues on
the Internet
Communication Issues
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Use of encryption
The wiretapping law