[Year 12 IT Apps] Data security

[Mark]

The ethics of robot vehicle design is a fascinating future necessity.

Consider the ethical decisions that future cars must eventually make, e.g.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/

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http://theconversation.com/should-your-robot-driver-kill-you-to-save-a-childs-life-29926

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http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-robot-car-of-tomorrow-might-just-be-programmed-to-hit-you/

But if I had to choose between an autocar and my brother in his Ford
Fiesta... I'd choose to opt for the odds of Googledeath every time.


On 16 April 2015 at 15:25, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is an interesting risk problem .. do we fear the Hacker who hijacked a
> plane or the rogue pilot?
>
> I have more faith in planes than pilots .. they clearly know when the
> ground or buildings are in proximity. It annoys the hell of out me that
> reversing systems allow users to hit something when clearly, all the car
> needs is to gently tap the brake. What stops a plan giving a gentle tap.
> Many cars now take over your vehicle braking with a dedicated system when
> you do something stupid and lock up the brakes. Nobody is suggesting that
> we should not have this feature in case a car is hijacked, rather that at a
> primitive programming level the car acts to protect itself and your life.
> It’s a tap on the steering wheel that saves lives.
>
> I have faith that if we can program in the laws of robotics (salute to
> Isaac Asimov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics), the
> vehicle will not allow the people or itself come into harm from a malicious
> instruction. So if they get a command or software instruction that it knows
> will lead to certain destruction or death, it will trip over to a safety
> and alert status.
>
> “So you want to fly the plan into a mountain, forget it chum, Im flying
> over it and alerting the authorities.”
>
> “So we are running low on fuel and the nearest airport I can land in is
> behind us? Forget it chum, I’m turning this plane around and alerting the
> authorities.”
>
> “So this software routine wants me to open the doors mid-flight? Forget it
> chum, I’m sounding an alert for pilot, authorities and aborting the command
> until you all say pretty-please."
>
> It isn’t as if a plane refuses to take off because it is lacking scented
> napkins (salute to Douglas Adams) rather that thy are programmed to do
> sensible and nice things because we managed to think through these options
> in advance.
>
> We could suggest Roboethics for a 2020 study design :-)
>
> —
>
> *Roland GESTHUIZEN*http://about.me/rgesthuizen
>
> On 16 Apr 2015, at 2:35 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>
> Ho hum. This may be my last news post for a while.
> People don't seem interested in them, and I have so many other cats to
> kick.
>
> *Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi*
> *Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, as well as Airbus A350 and A380 aircraft,
> have Wi-Fi passenger networks that use the same network as the avionics
> systems of the planes, raising the possibility that a hacker could hijack
> the navigation system or commandeer the plane through the in-plane network,
> according to the US Government Accountability Office, which released a
> report about the planes today...*
>
> www.wired.com/2015/04/hackers-commandeer-new-planes-passenger-wi-fi/
>
> Or, like, whatever...
>
> --
> A nerd is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology for
> fun.
> A geek is someone whose life revolves around computers and technology for
> money.
>
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
>
>
>

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