Privacy

• The sixth general ethical principles of the ACM is

  Respect privacy

• Technology has seeped into every part of our lives
• There is so much of it
• That it can severely compromise our privacy
• My laptop has a camera
• Which I noramlly block with a piece of paper
• Technicians have planted malware on the machines of young women
• That allows them to turn on laptop cameras remotely
• At a time when the women might be undressing for bed
• Everything you say to Alexa is recorded on servers owned by Amazon
• Some people use company emails to talk about intensely private matters
• Working in IT you might have access to these emails
• Sharing them is immoral
• And might even be illegal