What are your values? I’m asking you, the reader. As a quick exercise, try to write down ten values you… Read More
Category: Editorial & Opinion
Speaking Out against Socially Destructive Technologies
By Katina Michael on July 28th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Norbert Wiener and the Call for Ethical Engagement Over the last century, the greatest acceleration of technological development has come… Read More
Going Fishing Matters
By Guest Author on July 28th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Dear Editor, Katina Michael, in “Gone Fishing: Breaking with the Biometric Rhythm of Tech-Centricism” (IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Dec…. Read More
Bots Trending Now: Disinformation and Calculated Manipulation of the Masses
By Katina Michael on July 28th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Robotics
A bot (short for robot) performs highly repetitive tasks by automatically gathering or posting information based on a set of… Read More
Regulation of Point of View Surveillance: A Review of Australian Law
By Roger Clarke on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Privacy & Security
During the last century a variety of surveillance technologies have arrived, have been deployed, and have had impacts on society,… Read More
Drones Humanus
By Christine Perakslis on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion
Some years ago, a sweet grandma in my (Christine’s) neighborhood was convinced that one of her neighbors was involved in… Read More
Who Should Own In-the-Body Medical Data in the Age of eHealth?
By Joe Carvalko on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Health & Medical, Magazine Articles
Within the next decade, reactive medical practices will evolve into what has been popularly coined “P4” medicine — predictive, preventive,… Read More
Deconstructing the Relationship Between Privacy and Security
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion
Fig. 1. The effectiveness of a security measure is plotted against its impact on privacy. Optimal solutions improve both security… Read More
Technology for Collective Action
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion
The Digital Society is increasingly characterized by an ecosystem of smart, socio-technical applications, such as smart grids, smart homes, smart… Read More
Cyberwar: The What, When, Why, and How
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
Cyberwar is insidious, invisible to most, and is fought out of sight. It takes place in cyberspace, a location that… Read More
To Let Them Monitor or Not … Is that the Real Question?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
The United States is now debating the wisdom of limits on monitoring by the National Security Agency (NSA). While the… Read More
Big Data’s Big Future – But for Whom
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
PetaJakarta.org team survey damage along the Ciliwung River using GeoSocial Rapid Assessment Survey Platform (#GRASP) via Twitter, as neighborhood children… Read More
Ethics and …
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles
These remarks were delivered by IEEE President and CEO J. Roberto B. de Marca at the 2014 IEEE Ethics Conference,… Read More
Excessive Conference Fees
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts
To the Editor: [of the IEEE Reflector] In the beginning of June of this year I became aware that the… Read More
Are We Enslaved by Technology?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
The comments of Dr. Michael Eldred below, dated Sept. 27, 2014, were received in response to the IQ2 “Big Ideas”… Read More
Enslaved by Technology? Reflections on the IQ2 Debate on Big Ideas
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles
Intelligence Squared (IQ2) Debate at the City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia, August 12, 2014. To the Editor: Interesting, I thought,… Read More
Enslaved
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Click HERE to watch video of this performance, including visual elements. This performance art piece was delivered by Katina Michael… Read More
Social and Economic Sustainability
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Back in 1997, Katina would use International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimates of incoming and outgoing voice and data tele-traffic tables… Read More
Social Implications of Biometric Registration: A Database Intended for Every Citizen in India
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security
Kannanshanmugam, Shanmugamstudio, Kollam/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported The Aadhaar (Unique Identity) project has become the bane of average Indians,… Read More
Are Social Media Making Us Stupid?
By Liz Stillwaggon Swan on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Contrarian computer scientist Jaron Lanier writes, “If you observe humans using computer programs that are designated to be “smart,” you… Read More