The social responsibility of coding

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The social responsibility of coding Liz Abinante • @feministy

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harsh topic, liz. sorry about that….

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but ﬁrst, a story

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a farm in kansas (no, this isn’t about dorothy and toto)

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IP mapping isn’t exact science

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IP mapping as pseudoscience

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39.8333333,-98.585522

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39.8333333,-98.585522 ‑ 38.0000,-97.0000

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7 billion people 4.2 billion IP(v4) addresses

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600 million IP addresses (approximately 14% of all IPv4 addresses)

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you are being harassed by strangers because of your IP address

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a toilet is in your driveway because of your IP address

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your house is being raided because of your IP address

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all because of an ugly number

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you are powerless. who do you ask for help when no one is held accountable?

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we are building things that harm people

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we are building things that harm people why are we ????

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technology is powerful because it has vast reach

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technology is powerful because it’s adaptable

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technology is problematic because it erases people

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technology is frivolous because it’s easy and cheap

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technology is dangerous because it goes unchecked

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we are building fast and making stupid things

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we are building fast and breaking things

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we need to think about some hard questions

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we need to understand our social responsibility

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when things go wrong, who is held accountable?

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is our consumption of technology responsible?

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are we using ethically produced technologies?

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are we creating ethical technologies?

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are we as individuals responsible for the impact of our code?

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when do we become responsible for the things we create?

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are we responsibly gathering data and keeping it safe?

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consent is like a cup of tea. for your data.

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our impact

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what we do is not isolated to ourselves

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everything we do has an impact on others

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how big can the impact of one tiny action really be?

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levels of impact

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yourself

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family & friends yourself

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community family & friends yourself

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country community family & friends yourself

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world country community family & friends yourself

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world country community family & friends yourself

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what impact do you want to have?

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what impact do you want your work to have?

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a single decision, many ramiﬁcations

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left-pad disaster

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twitter block policy

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product decision or business decision?

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left-pad disaster

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twitter block policy

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every product decision is fundamentally a business decision

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not about business needs versus engineering

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we cannot absolve ourselves of responsibility just because we don’t make the decision

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we need to own responsibility for the things we create

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impact meets responsibility

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the bigger the impact, the harder it can be to hold someone responsible

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…unless it’s a totally catastrophic and very public thing

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the larger the impact, the larger the consequences

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world

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country (& government)

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community (local & technical)

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family & friends

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yourself

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what do we do?

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understand why you’re building the thing

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learn more about the business

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collaborate with a team

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think about resources

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talk to your colleagues

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be inquisitive

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thanks! bye! liz abinante • me@liz.codes • @feministy slides speakerdeck.com/feministy

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• Pineapple laptop https://unsplash.com/search/keyboard?photo=vb_V6W1nmeA • Farm https://unsplash.com/photos/lzbFllF05XY • Sad pug https://www.pexels.com/photo/pug-portrait-dog-closeup-47444/ • Alone https://unsplash.com/photos/_VTgctRg0tA • Group https://unsplash.com/photos/e5EioBQmH8c • Crowded street https://unsplash.com/photos/NGGpOyniTuY • United States https://unsplash.com/photos/1lfI7wkGWZ4 • Globes https://unsplash.com/photos/mluSdDeOksc • “Code” (lol) https://unsplash.com/search/computers?photo=68ZlATaVYIo • Keyboard https://unsplash.com/photos/feXpdV001o4 Images

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• Theranos http://fortune.com/2017/01/12/arizona-lawsuit- theranos/ • Blue Apron https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-not- so-wholesome-reality-behind-the-making-of-your-meal • Uber http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/12/13920258/uber- employees-tracking-celebrities-security-lawsuit Articles