26
Dec
A Christmas Message From Edward Snowden
On December 25th 2013 Edward Snowden delivered an alternative Christmas message on the UK’s channel 4 TV station. I believe it is very worth watching.
Continue Reading →24
Dec
Why online privacy matters (TED lecture by Alessandro Acquisti)
In this informative and also humorous TED lecture, Allesandro Acquisti, a researcher on the behavioural economics of privacy, talks about the current state of privacy online and why we should care about it. He concludes his talk with the following thought: “I do believe that one of the defining fights of our time will be […]
Continue Reading →10
Dec
Ethics for Engineers
The Guardian’s “Comments is free” section recently featured an article written by Abbas El-Zein, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Sydney titled “As engineers, we must consider the ethical implications of our work“. It neatly summarizes many aspects of the “Wetware Design & Behaviour” division of Applied Digital Ethics. The most notable […]
Continue Reading →