role and responsibility of professionals in technology 26 feb
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Presentation to engineering students in HKU Feb 27 2013TRANSCRIPT
Role and Responsibilityof Professionals in Technology
Charles Mok
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26 Feb 2013
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Charles Percy Snow, New York Times, 1971
"Technology... is a queer thing.It brings you great gifts with one hand,and it stabs you in the back with the other."
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The more technology becomes ubiquitous, the more important it is for us to consider the implication of our work…
OK Glass
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THE FUTURE IS TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE PEOPLE MAKING WISE DECISIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
What do technology professionals need to consider in this day and age?
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Privacy
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…the service is free, but the product is YOU.
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The data keeps growing in an avalanche of digital activityand we leave data trails everywhere we go…
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…unintentionally
The enormous wealth of data comes with a byte…
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Users trusts their data to be treated with due care…
Leakage of sensitive personal data
…but sometimes are exposed online entirely
Cybercrime and hacking
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The new, invisible cold war in cyber space?
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Rise of global ‘hacktivism’
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…DDoS attacks are common in Hong Kong as well
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Open Internet, Anonymity, & Intellectual Property
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Freedom of expression >= Personal privacy???
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Freedom to share VS Intellectual property
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The role of technology professionals evolves…
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…This is not enough
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Judgment and responsibility are expected……both as end-user and creator
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Thank you!
Charles MokLegislative Councilor (Information Technology)[email protected]: Charles Mok BTwitter: @charlesmok
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