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Resources on Computer Ethics

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computer-ethics.md

Some hastily compiled resources for a class on computer ethics. Suggestions/improvements welcome.

Some interesting books by contemporary figures:

Recommended by someone on the internet:

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Articles:

New Study Shows Mass Surveillance Breeds Meekness, Fear and Self-Censorship
Moral dimensions of Open (series)
The state has lost control: tech firms now run western politics (a recent Guardian article by Evgeny Morozov)

Videos:

Debate between Fareed Zakaria and Edward Snowden:
- "Government should have lawful access to any encrypted message or device."
- http://www.debatesofthecentury.org/national-security/
- Related Article: https://theintercept.com/2016/04/26/snowden-debates-cnns-fareed-zakaria-on-encryption/

Books on recent tech history and hacker culture:

Cyberpunk novels (many concepts in hacker and tech originated from this genre)

More on hackers:

ajturner commented May 4, 2016

Classics of engineering ethics are Frankenstein and Prometheus Unbound.

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