The Slippery Slope of Unethical Programming
summary
Examples and concrete mechanics decide: a startup inflates metrics — 300,000 installs with <1,000 active users — by buying installs via bots; analytics are hidden; knowledge is encapsulated. An agency builds an app where a webview and an outsourced notification service pushing targeted gambling ads give clients direct access to addicts. The pattern is dependency, slow coupling of culpability, and outsourcing obvious abuse. Remedies mentioned include joining unions or bodies like the IWW, the Association of Computing Machinists, or the Tech Workers Coalition.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:07Jacques Smuts
- 3:01Analytics
- 7:44How to manipulate programmas
- 19:21Repercussions
- 23:38Coding Ethically (not rich)
- 29:11Unions + Professional Bodies
- 36:50Join Something
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