MUGOYA DIHFAHSIH

Being an Ethical Software Engineer As Software is becoming the fabric of society, we developers need to be conscious of the ethics of what we develop There are big ethical issues in today’s advanced technology, but it’s also embedded in the small decisions we constantly make Bringing an ethical discussion into our practice is challenging (but we have to do it) Don’t use technology as an excuse; own your stuff Use your power, make a stand, choose ethically Why ethics, why now? I have always been interested in the philosophical and cultural aspects of technology. And in the last couple of years, I've become more and more concerned about the path that we're taking. There are a lot of aspects of our lives that are improving because of technology. But there are also worrying directions we're taking in politics, in the shape of our society, and in how we treat each other. Technology, and in the last decades, computers and software, is a major force that is influ

COMPUTER HACKING Hacking has been a Hollywood staple for decades. From Hackers to Independence Day, we love seeing heroes and villains duke it out on the digital plane. Fingers fly, text scrolls, computers literally explode — it's dramatic stuff. It's only becoming more and more relevant as technology becomes ever more intertwined with the everyday and large-scale hack jobs like the Ashley Madison and Equifax leaks make headlines. Plus, to the layman, it's basically magic. You type some stuff in, you press the enter key, and money, secrets, and all manner of useful information falls into your lap. Right? Wrong. Hacking might be capable of fantastic feats of subterfuge, espionage, and trickery, but it's a long ways off from the mystical mumbo-jumbo movies make it into. The truth is that hacking is simultaneously a lot more mundane and a lot more weird than you might guess. In fact, it's a lot more in reach of the average guy off the street than he might gue