The Moral Character of Software

clojurebridge berlin

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1. The Moral Character
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   Software
   

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2. @igorwhilefalse
   

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5. We appeal, as human beings, to
   human beings:
   Remember your humanity, and
   forget the rest.
   If you can do so, the way lies open to
   a new Paradise; if you cannot, there
   lies before you the risk of universal
   death.
   

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6. Two modes of behaving
   politically
   • Implicit politics
   • Overt politics
   

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7. Two modes of behaving
   politically
   • Implicit politics
   • Overt politics
   

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8. Two modes of behaving
   politically
   • Implicit politics
   • Overt politics
   

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9. Two modes of behaving
   politically
   • Implicit politics
   • Overt politics
   

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11. The ethic of
    responsibility
    

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13. The ethic of
    responsibility in decline
    

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14. Wonderful sketch by @DanielleSucher
    

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15. What can we do?
    

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16. Cryptography rearranges power:
    it configures who can do what, from
    what. This makes cryptography an
    inherently political tool, and it confers
    on the field an intrinsically moral
    dimension.
    

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17. • The Moral Character of Cryptographic
    Work

    web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/moral-fn.pdf
    • Solidarity against online harassment

    blog.torproject.org/blog/solidarity-against-online-harassment
    • Your Job is Political: Tech Money in
    Politics

    nerd.kelseyinnis.com/blog/2014/12/19/your-job-is-political-
    tech-money-in-politics/
    • @igorwhilefalse ❤
    

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