L05 (ROYAKKERS, L.M.M., TIMMER, J., KOOL. L, VANEST, Q. (2018). SOCIETAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF DIGITIZATION)

Question 1

Recurring themes:

Answer 1

(1) privacy,
(2) security,
(3) autonomy,
(4) justice,
(5) human dignity,
(6) control of technology,
(7) and the balance of powers.

Question 2

Privacy

Answer 2

(1) Digital Home
(2) Pervasive monitoring
(3) Privacy enhancing versus control of sensitive information
(4) Little brother and misuse of virtual avatars
(5) insight in all platform interactions

Question 3

Autonomy

Answer 3

(1) Technological paternalism
(2) Control and manipulation through technology
(3) Steering preferences
(4) Man out-of-the-loop
(5) Filtering and freedom of expression

Question 4

Security

Answer 4

(1) Information security gets a physical dimension
(2) identity fraud
(3) safety: psychological damage in virtual worlds

Question 5

Balance of power

Answer 5

(1) Everything as-a-service
(2) Who sets the standards
(3) Relations between private and public parties
(4) Unfair competition and monopolization

Question 6

Human Dignity

Answer 6

(1) Dehumanization and unemployment
(2) “Instrumentalization and the standard user”
(3) Unlearn moral skills
(4) Desocialization and alienation

Question 7

Justice

Answer 7

“Classification and the presumption of innocence”