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Topic 5: issues and impacts (SLR 6) - Coggle Diagram
Topic 5: issues and impacts (SLR 6)
Licensing
Types of licensing:
Open source software is free and openly available to everyone. People who create open source products publish the code and allow others to use and modify it.
May not be fully tested.
Users can modify and distribute the software.
Can be installed on any number of computers.
Support provided by the community.
Proprietary software (sometimes referred to as closed source software) is software that legally remains the property of the organisation, group, or individual who created it.
Fully tested and supported by developers.
Users cannot modify the software. It is copyright protected.
Usually paid for and licensed per user or per computer.
Support provided by developers and the community.
is a legal agreement that outlines the use and redistribution of computer software.
Legal liability
Who should be held accountable / should we hold someone responsible for damage or loss of life in law
Algorithmic bias
Does the code lean towards preferring a certain group of people?
Safety
Making sure that it hurts/kills as little people as possible, and lets as little data be spread about people as possible
Robotics
Machinery that does work by itself by following programmed rules
Artificial intelligence
A broad term for any machine programmed to think, work and react like humans
Machine learning
The science of training devices/software to do a task and evolve and improve
Privacy and Electronics Communication Regulations (2003)
By law, any website operator using cookies must:
Obtain user’s consent to use them
Explain what they are
Tell users the cookies are there
Data Protection Act (2018)
Anyone responsible for personal data should make sure of:
Integrity and confidentiality
Storage limitation
Accuracy
Data minimisation
Purpose limitation
Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
The Computer Misuse Act 1990
it is illegal to break into a computer system without permission
ethical issues
Should smart devices be allowed to record us continually?
Should law enforcement should have to get your consent before gaining access to your personal data?
Should the internet be regulated? Should internet service providers be responsible for the content delivered to their customers? Should social networks be responsible for the content posted to their sites?
environmental issues
Ways the environmental impact of digital services can be reduced:
They can be dangerous if people who don’t know about them find them after they have been disposed of
One particular problem with the disposal of these materials is:
Make more of the materials in a computer recyclable, focus more on not using fossil fuels in the production
Toxic materials that computers are made of include:
Bismuth
Thallium
Indium
Manganese
Nickel
1% of global energy usage is for data centres
A computer can take ten times its weight in fossil fuel to manufacture.
There are only a finite number of natural resources to build computer technology with.
Accountability
Who should be held accountable / should we hold someone responsible for damage or loss of life outside of the law
intellectual property
Creations of the mind, such as inventions, literacy and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce
Copyright, designs and patents act 1998
copyright
The rights a creator has over their work
Licensing
A legal agreement that outlines use/distribution of software
Patents
An exclusive right for an invention
trademarks
A sign that distinguishes goods/services of a business