Tag: Human rights
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Somewhat belatedly posting this PDF from digital rights group Access, summarising the main outcomes of the netMundial meeting in Brazil earlier this year.
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The idea that phones should have sensors is far from outlandish. Phones already incorporate primitive versions, including the sensor that picks up the cellular signal, light sensors that dim the keyboard and acceleration sensors that notice when the user lifts the phone to his ear. “Today, everybody can look at his phone and say how…
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As part of his ongoing work for Witness, Harry Pearce has created the identity for The Hub. Conceived as a “YouTube for human rights”, The Hub is the world’s first participatory media site focused on the protection of human rights, providing a network for users to upload, share and discuss videos, photos and audio. (via…
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Software Engineering Ethics
“What is ethics doing in a course for software engineers? Like medical, legal and business ethics, engineering ethics is a well-developed area of professional ethics in the modern West. The first codes of engineering ethics were formally adopted by American engineering societies in 1912-1914. In 1946 the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) adopted their…
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Cases documented by coalition members have included: German surveillance technology being used to assist torture in Bahrain; Malware made in Italy helping the Moroccan and UAE authorities to clamp down on free speech and imprison critics; European companies exporting surveillance software to the government of Turkmenistan, a country notorious for violent repression of dissent. Surveillance…
Sameer Padania 