Jim Moor: Making A Difference 2003 John Sullins, Computers & Society editor Sonoma State University john.sullins@sonoma.edu [Q1]: Looking back, what was it that first sparked your interest in computer/information ethics? [A]: I came to appreciate the practical impact of computer ethics in the early 70's when I was doing logic programming for student applications. As a programmer I realized that I could "observe" and record what students were doing on the computer (there was only one mainframe computer in a time-sharing mode) without them knowing it. At that time I requested that Dartmouth require a privacy warning so that users would be notified when programs were saving information about their activities. The College complied and this was the beginning of the first detailed code of computer ethics at Dartmouth. [Q2]: In your opinion, what is/are the most pressing issues in our field today? Why? [A]: Broadly speaking, matters of privacy and control. These, of course, are perennial issues that always need scrutiny. With the coming of cloud computing, for example, users will have less control over private information and hence over their lives. The state and corporations that control the cloud will have enormous power. We need to
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Jim Moor: making a difference 2003
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