Information Technology and Ethical Issues

Information technologies ethical issues ..................  privacy, beliefs, knowledge, skill, rights, security, etc.
What ever you put on the internet is an individuals responsibility to take the step or not.
The internet is an information technological device that has become a huge viral network to allow freedom of speech right around the world now, networking to all cultures, religions and environments, making individuals expose their thoughts.  But people also need to be ready to come upon data linked on the internet from other people with opposite thoughts to them - freedom of speech.
Do people who use the internet know who owns the network and what will or could happen to the data that they put on the network - what security there is, rights, and privacy there is within each network.  How easy is it for other people to hack into the data and steal information from the data, and send it viral.
Things to think about, and what has developed with the increased usage of the computer and the internet, and how people modify it for their liking.

Wikipedia has explained a couple of the issues that have arisened with the computer and the internet -


'Internet Privacy is one of the key issues that has emerged since the evolution of the World Wide Web. Millions of internet users often expose personal information on the internet in order to sign up or register for thousands of different possible things. This act has exposed themselves on the internet in ways some may not realize. In other cases, individuals do not expose themselves, but rather the government or large corporations, companies, small businesses on the internet leave personal information of their clients, citizens, or just general people exposed on the internet. One prime example is the use of Google Streetview and its evolution of online photography mapping of urban areas including residences. Although this advanced global mapping is a wondrous technique to aid people in finding locations, it also exposes everyone on the internet to moderately restricted views of suburbs, military bases, accidents, and just inappropriate content in general.'
Thus ethical issues about storage of personal information are now becoming an ever increasing problem. With more storage of personal data for social networking arises the problem of selling that information for monetary gain. This gives rise to different ethical situations regarding access, security, and the use of hacking in positive and negative situations.
 Wikipedia. Computer ethic. Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. Retrieved 12th April, 2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics