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Describe, step by step, how the IT system works. An example of a face recognition and detection technology is the iPhone app that can snap a photo of a person and within seconds display their name, date of birth and social security number. 1. A good quality, well-lit photograph of the person is taken. 2. The image is sent to a server where a database of images is located. 3. The images in the database are downloaded from publicly available sources (any database containing faces and names), such as facebook, twitter or LinkedIn profiles. 4. According to the information available in that profile, such as date and location of higher education stydy, other data can be inferred (date and state of birth). 5. This data is inserted into an algorithm developed to predict the social security number. All of this still within the database. 6. The biometric features of the iPhone photograph is compared to those of the image in the database 7. If they match, the information about that person is returned from the server to the iPhone: name, date of birth, state, social security nr. What are the flaws within this system? Explain the relationship between the IT system (facial recognition iPhone app) and the social/ethical (privacy and anonymity) "The technology to analyse faces in improving so quickly that unpredictable (...) inferrences from that information have become possible." - Alessandro Acquisti, professor of IT and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College The app is a proof-of-concept of how our privacy can be easily breached on a widespread basis (as one walks into a store or protests in a convention)

This article raises the issue of privacy and anonymity. This article shows how there is a possibility that in the near future, as long as the technology continues to develop at this rate, all of our personal data will be stored on a database along with an image of our faces. The fact that a person can be recognized at any moment anywhere means that people will start to be monitored and everything they do will be recorded. This completely strips people from their privacy, much like the Big Brother situation that is described in George Orwell's "1984". This technology can, however, bring certain advantages as through the constant monitoring of people, people involved in criminal acts will be identified with much more ease and therefore crime levels are sure to decrease. However, this can also raise an issue of reliability, as although it is a very small percentage of it happening, there can be the case where the camera misidentifies someone, and in a case of crime, that could lead to an innocent person being conviected for a crime they did not commit. And although at the end of the article "Wear a mask," is said by John Verdi, senior counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center as a joke, if the tecnhology continues to develop, we might find ourselves in the ridiculous situation where the only way to ever remain anonymous is to in fact wear a mask.

Here is a list of all Google's philosophy, http://www.google.com/about/corporate/company/tenthings.html

Good story this and nice link to Google's philosophy Jorge. This article is a good one for commenting on the relationship between the stakeholder and the IT system. Anyone want to step up and "Describe the relationship of one primary stakeholder to the IT system"?

This article raises a huge reliability issue as people are being tricked to buying tickets from fake websites, which are advertised by Google. Due to its increasing reputation over the years, the average internet user will use and think of Google as the most reliable website to navigate, and therefore would trust most of the llinks that would appear when they search for something. The secure and reliable reputation Google has is what makes the fact that these illegal websites being sponsored ads such a large issue. It affects many web users and as they are likely to visit these websites, their personal information such as bank account details and personal details are made public. So security could also be seen as an issue as these people are put at risk as they have given their bank account data to fake websites, who could use the data gain access to bank accounts and steal money.

The manner of his arrest is unnerving. Apparently they used two helicopters, had to break down doors and electronic locks - only to find him in a safe room with sawed off shotgun. Seems like something out of a B-movie. Even more so, when you consider that these things are allowed under the current regulations. If SOPA, ACTA or equivalent passes and gives the government more free reins, it becomes truly terrifying(bit exaggerated, I know). Megaupload is claiming to be "just like youtube". Check this article out, his lawyer is making quite the argument for it. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/were-just-like-youtube-megaupload-lawyer-tells-ars.ars He was the lawyer to defend isohunt.com as well. A well known search engine for torrents.