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Writer's pictureShefali Emmanuel

HW7: Reflections

Updated: Sep 10, 2019

HW7: response to all today's readings - find common concerns in the articles and reflect upon them.


All of these articles seems to be in unison about protecting the individuals security and privacy rights. I feel like this idea is strongly supported by the ACM Code of Ethics 2.9 "design and implement systems that are robustly and usably secure" and 1.6 "respect privacy." These are specifically applied to the aspects of motor vehicles. I feel like this is such a crucial topic as a large majority of us interact with vehicles that could be at risk of these attacks on a daily basis. I am glad to see not only an acknowledgement of these potential threats, but also a set of rules to guide us on this windy road.


I really like the "TRANSPARENCY.—Each motor vehicle shall pro- vide clear and conspicuous notice, in clear and plain lan- guage, to the owners or lessees of such vehicle of the col- lection, transmission, retention, and use of driving data collected from such motor vehicle" section of the Bill to protect consumers from security and privacy threats to their motor vehicles, and for other purposes. I feel like with this type of transparency we can not only see the changes being made, but have trust in what is happening since we are able to verify the changes.  The bill also set strict deadline for regulations to become effective which

I feel like follows directly along the line of test driven development standards.


The tire pressure monitoring system similarly exposed these security and privacy rights but they were extremely transparent about the risks of using their systems, as it is being deployed in the EU. Test driven development is based on the notion of short deliveries and high rate of feedback which is a great way to maintain security as one would be constantly testing their software as developments proceed. I think this is a great way to create challenging tests that will eventually pass with the correct amount of deliveries and feedback given.


I am extremely interested to see the future of Bills like this one and see the new ones that are created around the notion of self driving cars and how they are to handle complex decisions. There are so many ethical dilemmas that computers are not YET able to decipher from, but when that day comes I am excited to see what law enforcement has planned to regulate its use. I can understand how it can be difficult to create restrictions against a program when you are unaware of its true capabilities. This can only be truly seen when it is in complete action. Topics like this are why IT law has seemed so appealing to me at times. To be able to think about the legal implications of a program alongside the technical advancements must make decisions quite difficult. I am trying to educate myself on all of my legal technical boundaries. I think it would be of great help to have a class based entirely on IT Law. I have friends in the school of business that take business law so this would be the computer science equivalent of it. I find that this would be extremely useful for any area of study if one plans on taking it into the professional world. Not only should everyone know their rights as an individual but also their rights and limitations associated with their profession. I feel as though this was not fully emphasized until I have now gotten into my senior level computer science courses. 

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