[HacktionLab] The ethics of tech activism - a question to this list

[penguin]

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> Do people agree with me that if one of us on this list knows that our
> on-line privacy is being jeopardised, we should let the rest of the
> group know?

Yes, as long as the jeopardy is new and not known by people in this
group (e.g. if GPG had a flaw).

No, if it is information that people in this group are already aware of,
or could easily find out (e.g. Facebook is insecure, the whole Indymedia
thing).

G


On 17/02/11 15:52, mark wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I've been having some very interesting conversations with people
> recently about the ethical issues around our tech activism.
> 
> One topic that's come up is whether it's right to warn people about
> on-line services that record data about their users (even if they deny it).
> 
> I can think of many examples in the workshops we've run and the book we
> wrote, in which we've clearly set out our collective belief that it's a
> bad thing for on-line services to secretly gather data about users, and
> we've put a lot of effort into educating ourselves and others about how
> to avoid services that do these naughty things and protect our privacy.
> 
> Looking back through the archives, I can see several postings by
> different members of this list helpfully warning about threats to
> privacy. It seems to me that this is a good thing to use this list for
> (amongst other things), and that if our privacy is being jeopardised,
> people on this list need to know about it.
> 
> Do people agree with me that if one of us on this list knows that our
> on-line privacy is being jeopardised, we should let the rest of the
> group know? And if a statement is to be made, should it be a simple
> warning or should it be backed up with technical information?
> 
> Awaiting your responses with interest,
> Mark
> 
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