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Ethics of Autonomous Military Robots

2008-01-28 07:12:35 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Ethics in a Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Robot Architecture ," Technical Report GIT-GVU-07011. Fascinating (and long: 117-page) paper on ethical implications of robots in war. Summary, Conclusions, and Future Work This report has provided the motivation, philosophy, formalisms, representational requirements, architectural design criteria,...
 
Tags: ethical, ethical constraint set, ethical robotic warfighter, ethics, ethical boundaries, international protocols, war tradition subscribes, war, international
 
 
 
 
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The ethics of Stealing Wifi

2008-01-04 17:30:12 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A recently released study by a security firm says that using an open WiFi network without permission is stealing. Ars looks at the ethics of open WiFi
 
Tags: wifi, wifi network, security firm, ethics, recently, ars, permission, study
 
 
 
 
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Health care practices and UCSF patient records exposed

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2008-05-07 16:10:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...ethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine The breach is a symptom, but the real ethics challenge is the extent to which health care institutions are tracking patients and their families for nonmedical reasons - for fundraising, marketing, advertising," Caplan said. "I don't think people are aware of the degree to which this...
 
Tags: ucsf, ucsf patient, ucsf patients, patients, patient, sensitive information, information, patient information, ucsf medical center
 
 
 
 
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Boston Court's Meddling With 'Full Disclosure' Is Unwelcome

2008-08-21 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...ethics of full disclosure are intimately familiar to those of us in the computer-security field. Before full disclosure became the norm, researchers would quietly disclose vulnerabilities to the vendors -- who would routinely ignore them. Sometimes vendors would even threaten researchers with legal action if they disclosed the...
 
Tags: computer security improves, security improves, computer security, security, mit security researchers, security devices, security holes, disclosure, security properly
 
 
 
 
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Full Disclosure and the Boston Farecard Hack

2008-08-26 06:04:49 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ethics of full disclosure are intimately familiar to those of us in the computer-security field. Before full disclosure became the norm, researchers would quietly disclose vulnerabilities to the vendors -- who would routinely ignore them. Sometimes vendors would even threaten researchers with legal action if they disclosed the...
 
Tags: computer security improves, security improves, computer security, security, mit security researchers, security devices, security holes, disclosure, security properly
 
 
 
 
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VP Nominee Sarah Palin, Hacker?

2008-08-30 18:51:57 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
 
...ethics law while a member of the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission The next week, when Palin went back to work at the AOGCC, she noticed that Ruedrich had removed his pictures from the walls and the personal effects from his desk. But as she and an AOGCC technician worked their way around his computer password at the behest of an...
 
Tags: palin, sarah palin, computer, randy ruedrichs computer, computer password, computer security expertise, technician, aogcc technician, randy ruedrich
 
 
 
 
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Book Review: The Pragmatic CSO

2008-01-02 15:24:45 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...ethics and neither should anyone who wants to test their security as if they were a bad guy. Bad guys do whatever it takes to break in (understanding, of course, that your data may or may not be valuable enough to risk their freedom for Similarly, I loved his comments about not following best practices and not using the same thing as everyone...
 
Tags: book, book mike, technical book, security community, security, security business, mike, mike rothman, mike rothmans
 
 
 
 
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On Guanxi

2008-01-16 18:50:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...ethics, however, are built on the basis of guanxi, which places relationships above other considerations, including an employers code of conduct and even the law. The idea that taking a job with a company, particularly a non-Chinese company, cancels obligations toward people with whom someone has long-term relationships and to whom one owes...
 
Tags: guanxi, simply regard guanxi, stratfor, stratfor piece, long-term relationships, non-chinese company, chinese business ethics, relationships, company
 
 
 
 
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Logs = Accountability!

2008-01-17 13:49:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...ethics with several meanings. It is often used synonymously with such concepts as answerability , enforcement, responsibility , blameworthiness, liability and other terms associated with the expectation of account-giving Yes, there are many other mechanisms of accountability in an organization, but logs are the one that pervades all IT. And...
 
Tags: logs, accountability, technorati tags, due, log management, organization, wikipedia defines, resources, responsibility
 
 
 
 
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Iowa State student information exposed for 6 years?

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2008-02-07 14:24:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Ethics Policy and feel free to comment Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: information, university professor inadvertently, university, protect confidential information, university professor, professor, post public information, iowa, confidential personal information