8 - Consequences of Uses of Computing

Question 1

What is an ethical issue?

Answer 1

Factors that define the set of moral values by which society functions.

Question 2

What is a moral issue?

Answer 2

A persons individual concept of right and wrong.

Question 3

What are some ethical issues? (12)

Answer 3

Personal privacy
Data security
Misuse of data
Big brother
Online profile
Profiling
Unauthorised access
Unauthorised use of software
Inappropriate behaviour
Freedom of speech
Unemployment
Access to the internet

Question 4

What are some ethical issues with personal privacy?

Answer 4

User may not have consented to their personal data being collected and used.

Question 5

What are some ethical issues with data security?

Answer 5

How can we be sure our data is safe from unauthorised users.

Question 6

What are some ethical issues with misuse of data?

Answer 6

Data collected for one purpose being used for another.

Question 7

What are some ethical issues with ‘Big Brother’?

Answer 7

A breach of basic human rights, as personal data is being used by the government to monitor people.

Question 8

What are some ethical issues with online profiles?

Answer 8

Everything you do stays online for years.

Question 9

What are some ethical issues with profiling?

Answer 9

Large organisation accumulating data to profile individuals.

Question 10

What are some ethical issues with unauthorised use of software?

Answer 10

Software developers should be better rewarded.
Software should be free as companies are exploitive.

Question 11

What are some ethical issues with unauthorised access?

Answer 11

Hackers gaining access to personal data for fraud/ criminal activity.

Question 12

What are some ethical issues with inappropriate behaviour?

Answer 12

People’s behaviour changes when online, leading to bullying, trolling and abuse.

Question 13

What are some ethical issues with inappropriate content?

Answer 13

Pornography, violence, religious hatred etc. which may have a negative effect on younger people.

Question 14

What are some ethical issues with freedom of speech?

Answer 14

The internet makes some people believe they can say anything without any consequences.

Question 15

What are some ethical issues with unemployment?

Answer 15

New technology is taking peoples jobs.
Although creating more jobs in IT.

Question 16

What are some ethical issues with access to the internet?

Answer 16

People without access may be disadvantaged.

Question 17

What is a Code of Conduct?

Answer 17

A voluntary set of rules that define the ways in which individuals or companies behave.

Question 18

What are legal issues?

Answer 18

Factors that have been made into laws.

Question 19

What are some legal issues?

Answer 19

Difficult to prosecute someone if they break a UK law in another country and proving where the offense took place.
Laws become out of date quickly.

Question 20

What is the Data Protection Act? (7)

Answer 20

Data must be:
Fairly and lawfully processed
Processed for limited purposes
Adequate and relevant only
Accurate
Kept no longer than necessary
Secure
Not transferred to countries without adequate data protection.

Question 21

What is the Freedom of Information Act?

Answer 21

Public organisations must allow public access to their data records. (Parliament, police, schools, NHS)

Question 22

What is the Computer Misuse Act?

Answer 22

Prevents data misuse and cybercrime.

Question 23

What are the 3 offences of the Computer Misuse Act?

Answer 23

Unauthorised access to computer programs and data.
Unauthorised access with criminal intent
Unauthorised modification of computer material.

Question 24

What is data misuse?

Answer 24

Using data for purposes other than which it was collected for.

Question 25

What is cyberbullying?

Answer 25

Abusive, threatening and hateful comments.

Question 26

What are trolls?

Answer 26

Abusive comments to upset the online community.

Question 27

What is the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act?

Answer 27

Gives law enforcement agencies the right to intercept communications where there is suspicion of criminal activity and the right to decipher the data if encrypted. Allows companies to monitor computer activities of employees.

Question 28

What is copyright?

Answer 28

Gives the legal owners rights to control the ways in which their material may be used.

Question 29

What are the offenses linked to copyright?

Answer 29

Produce pirate copies Adapt existing versions without permission. Download music or films without permission.

Question 30

What is Digital Rights Management?

Answer 30

Controls software to limit users control over digital content.

Question 31

What is licensing?

Answer 31

Provides users with proof they have purchased software legally and what they can do with the software.

Question 32

What are cultural issues?

Answer 32

Factors that have an impact on the ways in which we act as a society.

Question 33

What are some cultural issues?

Answer 33

Over-use of data Invasive technology Over reliance on computers Big Brother culture Globalisation

Question 34

What are some cultural issues with over-use of data?

Answer 34

People are becoming dependent on data Organisations collecting data and decisions based on data analytics.

Question 35

What are some cultural issues with invasive technology?

Answer 35

Data collected without consent. Google view, meaning anyone can see your house and see how much you paid for it.

Question 36

What are some cultural issues with over-reliance on computers?

Answer 36

People may die due to computer failure Tech companies have a massive influence over the information we access (Google, Wikipedia)

Question 37

What are some cultural issues with Big Brother?

Answer 37

The belief that the government is watching everything we do.

Question 38

What are some cultural issues with globalisation?

Answer 38

The more connected we become the more likely we are to be influenced.