Ethical Issues: Exercises



1. Does Hartnell College or the Hartnell Computer Lab have a statement of policies of procedures for Acceptable Use of the Internet? Where is this located?

2. Choose one of the Usenet groups or one mailing list. What is the name of the group or list? Does it provide an online Acceptable Use Policy? Go to CSUMB Web Site. Does it include information about computer and/or internet use policies?

2. Use the URL http://www.eff.org/pub/ and pick a topic in the area of privacy, civil liberties or legislation. Create a list of ten useful sites (include site title and URL) relating to that topic.

3. Retrieve the document Identity, Privacy and Anonymity on the Internet by L. Detweiler. Using information from the document:

(a) What was the Steve Jackson Games case?

(b) List the names of five Usenet newsgroups dealing with privacy.

(c) What are cyberpunks?


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