2018/SF/ethicaldwebfutures

 Ethical DWeb Futures  was a session at IndieWebCamp SF 2018.

Notes archived from: https://etherpad.indieweb.org/ethicaldwebfutures

IndieWebCamp SF 2018 Session: Ethical DWeb Futures When: 2018-07-31 13:20

Participants

 * Miriam
 * Sandro
 * Rob
 * Charles
 * Charles
 * Charles

Ethical OS Scenario #9
Are you ready for a world in which read/write neural implants are a reality? Infinite human memory in the cloud (Accidentally downloading a traumatic experience)

Karen Sandler - source code for pace maker.
 * would want FHE for real cloud security  (or just private-key)
 * Firewall snare - make sure what's being loaded into hasn't been tampered
 * Fiduciary party (we put our lives in the hands of neurosurgeons, training and oversight) - some kind of training and licensing for software address
 * Biometric data being stored everywhere
 * Do we want this technology?
 * Charles: Authorities will want this to be very heavily regulated. DIY hackers running free software, could a libre one me made? Would they be allowed and a risk.
 * If the problem is a lack of empathy and visibility for causes. Pull out memories of homeless people that you've seen and ignored.  BUT - in VR - there's already a lot of abuse and trauma in these systems.

PKI is always the hard part

Ethical OS Scenario #7
Are you ready for a workdSocial network buys a major bank and makes social credit system. Postcodes/districts/towns have credit scores (this is happening in some ways in Boston If you are a bunch of good actors in a region with a good credit score This model almost turns into a credit union - already seeing some of these dynamics.

Levels of privacy model from Timony West (in a recent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sB_QR_YS8 talk at Mozilla)
 * Public
 * Controlled
 * Intimate
 * Personal
 * Identity is the key to all of this stuff.

Rob: Blackchain spam fake actors on twitter. Twitter is not all over the Asking for passport level documents to verify identity.

Charles: Can port partial functionality to the dweb to create credit unions, as presumably some of the draw is that the rates are lowered. Regional social network notes.

Ethical OS scenario #5
Human resources departments at Fortune 500 "smart employer system"

This is already happening! People are getting fired for social media posting. Should tweets have a sunset period. In a federated system ... sue every server unde It's legally possible to be forgotten but it's quite technically difficult.

Social norms - shift the norm from what happens on social media stays on social media, but the ability to disavow your own statements. *That* is a pretty high bar.

If entries all had key pairs, if make public everyhting you can disavow and let everyone (OTR self destruct keys)'

Anonymous chat systems are a lifeline for people to have open discussions.

Ethical OS scenario 12
25% of online orders are delivered by drone.

Merchants have a secondary revenue stream selling that camera data. This is already happening with satellites, but drones will be more real time and up to date.

Guns and EM pulses.

A lot of cities

Biometrics problem: https://suw.charman-anderson.com/freelance-journalism/linux-user/oh-what-big-eyes-you-have/