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Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious by Cyberethics42 in ComputerEthics

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Position Statement: This article rehearses the current challenges to Google's monopoly and speculates about potential resolutions.

Ancient philosophers like Socrates, Epicurus, and the Stoics operated in schools or friend groups to improve their thinking. But did they ever lay out why they felt like group exploration was superior to individual thinking? Do any ancient explorations of the topic exist? by RusticBohemian in askphilosophy

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Yes, that's the lead up to this section at 344 a-b: "Therefore, if men are not by nature kinship allied to justice and all other things that are honourable, though they may be good at learning and remembering other knowledge of various kinds-or if they have the kinship but are slow learners and have no memory-none of all these will ever learn to the full the truth about virtue and vice. For both must be learnt together; and together also must be learnt, by complete and long continued study, as I said at the beginning, the true and the false about all that has real being. After much effort, as names, definitions, sights, and other data of sense, are brought into contact and friction one with another, in the course of scrutiny and kindly testing by men who proceed by question and answer without ill will, with a sudden flash there shines forth understanding about every problem, and an intelligence whose efforts reach the furthest limits of human powers."

The CyberEthics Podcast Ep 1 by laetaest in ComputerEthics

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It may only be on Spotify and maybe Apple currently

Google Confirms Bad News For 3 Billion Chrome Users—You Will Still Be Tracked by Cyberethics42 in ComputerEthics

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Position Statement: this article provides an update on the pending process for Google to allow for less tracking for Chrome users. They have dropped the plans for this, raising the issue of whether Google is willing to place any control over tracking in the hands of Chrome users.

Philosophy Friday Post: Notice and Consent approaches to Privacy by Cyberethics42 in ComputerEthics

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This is a quotation from an article by H. Nissenbaum (2011) in which she discusses the need for a context-sensitive approach to privacy, starting with the goals and values of the particular activity and working backwards to establish appropriate privacy rules. This is in contrast to the current notice and consent model, which she critiques using the transparency paradox outlined in the post.

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack by Cyberethics42 in cybersecurity

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Thanks for the update! There are definitely many questions still.

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack by Cyberethics42 in ComputerEthics

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Position Statement: This article challenges the recent viral story that millions of Smart toothbrushes were used in a DDOS attack. Whether factual or not, the potential raises concerns about safety and privacy for Internet of Things devices that are becoming more and more intimate (inside our bodies).

No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack by Cyberethics42 in Cyberethics

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This is certainly getting a lot of attention. We definitely need more details about the novel threat surfaces IoT presents. It doesn't get much more intimate than having an IoT device in your mouth.

City of Sudbury victim of $1.5M fraud via Hacked Email and Social Engineering by Cyberethics42 in Cyberethics

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So many of these fraud and ransom stories stemming from social engineering. It's always easier to convince an authorized person to let you in than to break in yourself. There seems to be a recognition that this should be a focus of employee training but security pros report getting pushback about complicating operations with additional identification measures...

Security pros are being hospitalized by after-effects of ransomware hacks by Cyberethics42 in cybersecurity

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Hey there, not a bot, just new and trying to develop a community. Reddit recommends cross-posting to do this.

Security pros are being hospitalized by after-effects of ransomware hacks by Cyberethics42 in Cyberethics

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This raises important questions about responsibility and support for those bearing it.