Cyber Ethics What is it Cyber ethics is
Cyber Ethics
What is it Cyber ethics is the philosophic study of ethics pertaining to computers, encompassing user behavior and what computers are programmed to do, and how this affects individuals and society.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN Ø Analysis of the nature and social impact of computer technology Ø Corresponding formulation and justification of policies for the ethical use of such technology
Concepts of cyber ethics Privacy Property Security Accuracy Accessibility, censorship and filtering
Privacy In the late 19 th century, the invention of cameras spurred similar ethical debates as the internet does today. During a Harvard law review seminar in 1890, Warren and Brandeis defined privacy from an ethical and moral point of view to be "central to dignity and individuality and personhood. Privacy is also indispensable to a sense of
This concept has created many clashes in the world of cyber ethics. One philosophy of the internet is centered around the freedom of information. The controversy over ownership occurs when the property of information is infringed upon or uncertain. Nowadays, technology has allowed users to anonymously transfer files to each other Much of this, however, was copyrighted music and illegal to transfer to other users. Whether it is ethical to transfer copyrighted media is another question.
Security As an ever increasing amount of people connect to the internet and more personal data is available online there is susceptibility to identity theft, cyber crimes and computer hacking. To secure ourselves we need security which can be provided from various sources
Accuracy Due to the ease of accessibility and sometimes collective nature of the internet we often come across issues of accuracy e. g. who is responsible for the authenticity and fidelity of the information available online? Ethically this includes debate over who should be allowed to contribute content and who should be held accountable if there are errors in the content or if it is false.
Accessibility, censorship and filtering Today the applications are in the form of software that filters domains and content so that they may not be easily accessed or obtained without elaborate circumvention or on a personal and business level through free or content-control software. Internet censorship and
The importance of cyber ethics With the increase of people using the internet, it is now more important than ever to inform people about how to use the internet properly and its dangers. Use of the Internet has grown to the point that most of the public is using internet. To prevent hacking, identity thefts viruses etc. and preventing people from taking part in such acts cyber ethic have been introduced
�Nearly half the elementary and middle school students who responded to a recent poll conducted by Scholastic, Inc. , said they don't believe hacking is a crime. �A 14 -year-old recently purchased inexpensive stocks, lied about their potential value in an investment chat room, and reaped hundreds of thousands of dollars when other investors bought his lies Places where cyber ethics is needed
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