Security, Politics, Neutrality, and Protecting Users
summary
Tech neutrality causes concrete harms: companies volunteer to enforce foreign court orders like GitHub takedown of Tsunami Democratic, legal theories claim tech as sovereign like Brad Smith's digital Switzerland, and products or research enable abuses — e.g. a paid EMR feature pushing opioids and a leading researcher quitting facial‑recognition work. The core claim is security pros must measure real effects, then change the design, refuse work, or advocate collectively; protect user trust by deciding whether the outcomes are morally acceptable.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and talk overview
- 2:29Neutrality and sovereignty in tech
- 8:03History of tech sovereignty claims
- 10:52Harm of neutrality in technology
- 18:14Call to ethical responsibility
- 23:45Technology’s role in society
- 24:46Q&A on collective action
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