Networks - Social & Ethical Issues
From WLCS
Contents
Directions
Below is a list of social and ethical issues concerning networks (LANs and WANs). As a class, we will build the list, and you may contribute to the list individually too.
Reliability
- being disconnected from others
Integrity
- hackers changing messages
Security
- packet sniffing credit card numbers
Privacy & Anonymity
- information over a network should still be kept private
Authenticity
- message received is truly sent by the original who sent it
Intellectual Property
- insert issue here
Equality of access
- insert issue here
Control
- insert issue here
Globalization and cultural diversity
- insert issue here
Policies and standards
- insert issue here
People and machines
- insert issue here
