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Is it time to think ethics education? Maybe we just to spend a little more time and effort on ethics in education. The author is right, just because it is legal
by chrismcb 10y ago
Is it time to think ethics education? Maybe we just to spend a little more time and effort on ethics in education.
The author is right, just because it is legal, doesn't mean it is ethical. That is why we have ethics.
As far as data being public, I would claim it has to do with expectations of privacy. Phone numbers in the white pages are public and really accessible. Relating that information doesn't change anything.
On the other hand the license plate of the car parks in the parking lot is also public information, in the sense that anyone can go down there and record it. But the owner has a certain expectation of privacy. Plus that data isn't really accessible (will before license plate cameras) so releasing that info changes is accessibility. The issues with big data aren't really new. People have to consider that the data they have involves real people.
- meshko 10y agoNo, people don't need to understand anything about "data they have", because it is not people that have data, it is corporations, and they don't "understand" things, they make profit. What people need to understand is that they are data and that data is a product that can be used against them.
- jonathankoren 10y agoCorporations are people. And I mean that not in the legal sense, but in that they are made up of people. Real people that make real decisions, both ethical an unethical, about real people, not "data".