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The Moral Character of Software

Igor Wiedler
January 23, 2016
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The Moral Character of Software

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Igor Wiedler

January 23, 2016
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  1. The Moral Character
    ––––––– of –––––––
    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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