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A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet, 4e is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society.

Sara Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large.

Gift of Fire, A :Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet: International Edition

• Contents


• Preface


• Prologue


• 1 UNWRAPPING THE GIFT


• 1.1 The Pace of Change


• 1.2 Change and Unexpected Developments


• 1.2.1 Connections: Cellphones, Social Networking, and More


• 1.2.2 E-commerce and Free Stuff


• 1.2.3 Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Sensors, and Motion


• 1.2.4 Tools for Disabled People


• 1.3 Themes


• 1.4 Ethics


• 1.4.1 What Is Ethics, Anyway?


• 1.4.2 A Variety of Ethical Views


• 1.4.3 Some Important Distinctions


• Exercises


• 2 PRIVACY


• 2.1 Privacy Risks and Principles


• 2.1.1 What Is Privacy?


• 2.1.2 New Technology, New Risks


• 2.1.3 Terminology and Principles for Managing Personal Data


• 2.2 The Fourth Amendment, Expectation of Privacy, and Surveillance Technologies


• 2.2.1 The Fourth Amendment


• 2.2.2 New Technologies, Supreme Court Decisions, and Expectation of Privacy


• 2.2.3 Search and Seizure of Computers and Phones


• 2.2.4 Video Surveillance and Face Recognition


• 2.3 The Business and Social Sectors


• 2.3.1 Marketing and Personalization


• 2.3.2 Our Social and Personal Activity


• 2.3.3 Location Tracking


• 2.3.4 A Right to Be Forgotten


• 2.4 Government Systems


• 2.4.1 Databases


• 2.4.2 Public Records: Access versus Privacy


• 2.4.3 National ID Systems


• 2.5 Protecting Privacy: Technology, Markets, Rights, and Laws


• 2.5.1 Technology and Markets


• 2.5.2 Rights and Law


• 2.5.3 Privacy Regulations in the European Union


• 2.6 Communications


• 2.6.1 Wiretapping and Email Protection


• 2.6.2 Designing Communications Systems for Interception


• 2.6.3 The NSA and Secret Intelligence Gathering


• Exercises


• 3 FREEDOM OF S