Next Question: Tech Ethics?

About a month from now York will be hosting a forum on Tech Ethics. Ok, I'll admit it, I'm coordinating this event. A couple of guys from Stanford (one of whom you can call Mr. Torg) are willing to come down and talk a little about the kinds of tricky and sticky areas consumers and, particularly, undergraduate students should know more info about... like identity theft, password encryption, harassment, downloading and hidden archiving. If you don't know much about these topics or the difference between hacking and cracking, you may learn something.

In order to give these two fellows some sense of what they might cover, I've collected a few faculty queries about tech's ethical quagmires and passed on the kinds of questions I've heard students ask in the past. The good news is, these presenters are hoping to tailor their talk to those areas you're most curious about. So though they'll probably touch on most of the topics I've mentioned above, they invite you to submit more specific questions in advance. If there's something you've ever wondered about that's at all relevant, send it to me (ctorg) or post it here as a comment (always including your name) and I'll forward it to them a few days in advance of the forum.

These guys know a lot, too much to cover in 50 minutes. If you can get me your questions in advance, they'll be much more likely to address the things that you really want to know. Hey, how often do you get a say in the content of these forums? Steer away! Be informed! In this case there are definitely no stupid questions.