- How reliable is the information on Wikileaks? The article pointed out that individuals come forward with information, so it is within reason to believe that a fair percentage of what is available is inaccurate. I still feel it serves no better purpose than gossip magazines.
- Unless national security is threatened, Wikileaks should be able to publicly post what they want. The governments of the world have a lot to hide and it is nice to see a resource that is making them sweat.
- The idea of the NSA collecting phone calls and email metadata seems like an inordinate amount of wasted time. Unless, it has proven profitable to national security, I feel it was a wasted effort and wasted taxpaying dollars.
- NSA intrusion in the lives of Americans should be the evidence needed that the government doesn't trust it's civilians, thus why should it's civilians trust the government.
Tuesday Feb. 24
- The fact that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange life is being threatened seems to verify my question from last Thursday. Why would anyone want him dead if the information wasn't a valid hazard to them? Information can be a powerful tool, so much so that people can lose their life over it.
- Hacktivism is a liberal approach to what should be available to the public via the internet. I don't see anything wrong with posting anything online as long as it doesn't directly impact my friends or myself. Personally I am content with the distraction Youtube provides me, therefore I don't need classified government documents to cloud my mind with conspiracy theories.
- I have noticed that most individuals have expressed aggravation in one way or another directed towards our national government. It is impossible to please everyone, but I would think the aim of the government would be to support the majority in one way or another. I don't think the NSA secretly monitoring our emails is helping to restore trust in the people.
Thursday Feb.26
- I have regularly used an NDA form in discussing potential start-up opportunities. However, in class it was brought up that they are difficult to enforce. Regardless, I'm assuming that an NDA agreement can serve as a potential threat to filing suit against someone if they break the contract.
- The ethical dilemma of people buying up patents just to sell or lease them should not be tolerated. I believe that this demotivates people who want to create, invent, or start something. It is similar to a pain that I feel when trying to secure a domain name that is for sell for a non-sense price.
- The debate over exact obedience in my view can in someways be more harmful than good. For instances, many people fall out of character and become robotic when they pursue exact obedience. It also can damage someones self-esteem when they fall short.
Tuesday Mar. 3
- The image of the FBI agent that was arrested for selling information, really put things into perspective. For some people loyalty and integrity means less than money. Yet, he was caught and it seems that even the wisest criminal eventually ends up behind bars.
- Economic espionage doesn't benefit anyone except for the individual or company that is responsible for the assault. As an app developer, I have to be cautious of people that may try to ripoff the unique games I create, for their own personal gain.
- A few decades ago, thief relied on taking a physical object, where today it encompasses the very ideas we have. The redefinition of what a "thief" is, provides more liberty for people to create.What it means to "steal" has evolved and could potentially continue to evolve.
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