Ethics for the Information Age, 8th Edition

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Computer ethics content reflects the latest developments and has been updated in each section.

• Common logical fallacies and the structure of logical arguments are discussed in the completely new Appendix B
  
• Four sidebars have been added throughout the text, offering practical privacy and security enhancement advice, specifically:
  
• How to limit the amount of information Google saves about your searches.
  
• How to limit the amount of personal information Facebook releases to others.
  
• How to create a secure password.
  
• How to protect your computer and other Internet-connected devices.
  
• Facts and figures have been updated throughout the text.
  
• The 8th Edition adds new coverage of the latest developments in ethics. Some of the topics include:
  
• Safety concerns arising from accidents involving self-driving vehicles
  
• Foreign interference in the 2016 US Presidential election using social media platforms
  
• Police obtaining cell phone location records without a search warrant
  
• Cloud computing and cloud storage
  
• The debate about whether gig workers should be considered employees or independent contractors
  
• How unrepresentative test-data sets can lead to biased artificial intelligence software
  
• Cambridge Analytica gaining access to personal information from as many as 87 million Facebook users
  
• The US Supreme Court decision that has led to the invalidation of hundreds of software patents
  
• Whether copying declaring code in APIs should be considered fair use of copyrighted material
  
• The dispute between the FBI and Apple about unlocking the encrypted iPhone of a terrorist
  
• Security risks associated with the “Bring Your Own Device” movement
  
• Distributed denial-of-service attacks carried out by botnets of Internet-of-Things devices, such as baby monitors and security cameras
  
• The new stance of the FCC regarding net neutrality
  
• The rise of Craigslist and the decline of print newspapers
  
• Final court resolution of the Google Books controversy
  
• The shift in credit card fraud from point-of-sale fraud to “card not present” fraud
  

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