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    Value Education: Module: 3 Computer Ethics

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    Computer ethics deals with how computing professionals should make ethical decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The concept originated in 1950 by Norbert Wiener, and was later formally introduced as a separate field of study by Walter Manner in 1970 who observed that ethical decisions are harder in the context of computer technology. Cyberspace raises privacy concerns as the detailed, cumulative and invisible observation of users' online activities enabled by technology presents a serious threat to information privacy, while also enhancing individual freedom through anonymity if privacy is protected.

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    Computer ethics deals with how computing professionals should make ethical decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The concept originated in 1950 by Norbert Wiener, and was later formally introduced as a separate field of study by Walter Manner in 1970 who observed that ethical decisions are harder in the context of computer technology. Cyberspace raises privacy concerns as the detailed, cumulative and invisible observation of users' online activities enabled by technology presents a serious threat to information privacy, while also enhancing individual freedom through anonymity if privacy is protected.

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    Computer ethics deals with how computing professionals should make ethical decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The concept originated in 1950 by Norbert Wiener, and was later formally introduced as a separate field of study by Walter Manner in 1970 who observed that ethical decisions are harder in the context of computer technology. Cyberspace raises privacy concerns as the detailed, cumulative and invisible observation of users' online activities enabled by technology presents a serious threat to information privacy, while also enhancing individual freedom through anonymity if privacy is protected.

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    Value Education: Module: 3 Computer Ethics

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    Computer ethics deals with how computing professionals should make ethical decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The concept originated in 1950 by Norbert Wiener, and was later formally introduced as a separate field of study by Walter Manner in 1970 who observed that ethical decisions are harder in the context of computer technology. Cyberspace raises privacy concerns as the detailed, cumulative and invisible observation of users' online activities enabled by technology presents a serious threat to information privacy, while also enhancing individual freedom through anonymity if privacy is protected.

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    Value Education

    Module: 3 Computer Ethics


    Computer Ethics
    Computer Ethics is a part of practical philosophy, which deals with
    how computing professionals should make decisions regarding
    professional and social conduct.

    The concept originated in 1950 by Norbert Wiener.

    Later by 1970, a medical practitioner and researcher called Walter


    Manner observed that ethical decisions are much harder to make in
    the context of computer. He then formally introduced Computer
    Ethics as a separate branch of study.
    Computer Ethics to be followed
    • Generating / consciously spreading computer viruses is unethical
    • Computer should not be used to dehumanize individual
    • Text document on the net may be protected by encryption
    • It should not be used for robbery or to steal money from somebody
    else’s account
    • One should not snoop around in other people’s files
    • The internet can spread untruth and false information
    • Hacking is unethical
    Cyber Crime
    • It refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network. The
    computer may have been used in the commission of a crime. The other
    word is net crime. It includes cracking, encroachment of one’s privacy,
    interception of confidential news and etc.
    It targets computer networks / devices:
    Examples:
    • Viruses & Malware
    • Phishing: Attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames,
    passwords and credit card details (masquerading a trustworthy identity)
    • Spam: Unsolicited sending of bulk emails for commercial purposes
    • Cyber Bullying: to use Cyber Technology to harass other people
    deliberately
    Cyberspace
    Cyberspace is the rapidly growing network of
    computing and communication technologies that
    have profoundly altered our lives. We carry out
    myriad social, economic and political transactions
    through Cyberspace. But the very technology that
    enables these transactions also makes detailed,
    cumulative and invisible observation of our selves.
    The continuous surveillance of all our cyber activities
    present a serious threat to information privacy.
    Cyberspace
    Technology can enhance individual freedom through
    increased anonymity and privacy. At the same time,
    the users of new technologies have employed
    themselves to violate autonomy and human dignity of
    other users. Often women are the target of these
    people.

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