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It is time we developed something like an professional ethic in the developer sector including shunning people that break it. Sadly finding people who will act
by atoav 4y ago
It is time we developed something like an professional ethic in the developer sector including shunning people that break it.
Sadly finding people who will actively make the world worse if it pays enough (also on this site) is not hard. What is hard, is finding people who have the guts and the self respect to say "No" when they are asked to do creepy, destructive or evil things.
And if ethics won't work, let's introduce laws and enforce them. Free speech, sure, but what about informational self-determination?
- nonrandomstring 4y ago> say "No" when they are asked to do creepy, destructive or evil things. You'll be pleased there's almost a whole chapter of "Ethics for Hackers" devoted to that problem. Analysis of about 30 different psychological rationalisations, self-deceptions and logical fallacies that help people knowingly do bad things. One problem is that people in tech are mostly smart and logical, and therefore the most vulnerable to certain mind-tricks. It's also worth remembering that what is "ethical" is more complex than bare acts. There are many hackers quite justified doing "creepy, destructive or evil things" against enemies. I've written much on defence, "lethality engineering" and cyber-offense work. The disgusting thing about some big-tech work is that we're doing it to our own families and children.