Computing and Reliability - Lecture Slides | CPSC 181, Study notes of Computer Science

Download Computing and Reliability - Lecture Slides | CPSC 181 and more Study notes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! Computing and Society Issues being faced as computers become more integrated with society Reliability As computers become more integrated , reliability concerns increase Human Safety TCAS – Traffic Collision Avoidance System C l f d ’ liontro o many aspects we on t rea ze Institutional Safety Digital Voting Electronic Banking/Commerce Privacy and Data Repositories Indexing is becoming easier Can be a benefit or a detriment to people/groups Access: Can anyone control access? Who should have access to data? How is information kept secure? What is “fair game” Network traffic? How does one protect the naïve? Virtual Environments How much of what is in the virtual environment should be taken as real? Avatars usually do not reflect real people But, virtual environments can have real consequences Virtual societies M i l i hi hi ioney, cr me, re at ons ps, owners p, pr vacy, etc. Paying for Computing Infrastructure – free to use or pay for use? , Charging for bandwidth? A i ht i il ? r g or a pr v ege To send email/spam To make use of what others have put together Google library Extending the computing infrastructure Haves/have nots