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Questions of Ethics In Computer Systems and Their Future1) Identify and discuss security issues and considerations translucent forInformation SystemsAnd estimatorization in the brokerage industry. ( Think about how the internet hasalready influenced trading.)"The technology is getting ahead of regulators" claims David Weissman,director of money and technology at Forrester Research Inc., in Cambridge, Mass.If one is to believe the quote above it sounds very ominous for theregulators and the government to attempt to even bring this media under any(prenominal) kindlyof regulation. But, what is it that they the government agencies truly arelooking to regulate? If you take to the argument that this media, the Internetis truly a public access network, then the control to which they would give care toextend to it would be the most regulated public access system in history. What Ibelieve the attempt here is to regulate through censorship. Since it is close toimpossible to cens or the phone networks without actually eaves dropping on yourphone, they have decided to regulate and censor your written word. The danger inthis is what you write as an opinion may be construed by that governmentregulator as a violation of some regulatory act. The flip side to this is if youdid this through some other medium such as the phone system nonhing would ever comeit. The bigger question here is how much government do peck want in therelives? The Internet was brought into the picture for the public as the nextgreat technology of this century. It is without a doubt as big if not biggerthan any other public means of communication that has come before it. With thatin mind I think the government is trying to back down its pound of flesh for whatthey believe is missed revenue dollars that could be made in the form of taxregulations."There are probably insiders touting stocks on the Internet eitheranonymously or under assumed names," said Mary Schapiro, president of t heNational Association of Securities Dealers, which oversees the NASDAQ market.The argument that they are both (the government and NASDAQ) currently runningwith is the "protection of the investor". When one looks at NASDAQs complaintit is fairly superficial, for them it is clearly a loss of income for theirtrading enviorment, for the government it is a loss of taxes that could bederived f... ...s or messages because the central figurer inthe office will know your where abouts in the office at any time as you passthrough any door. Your day is over youll leave instructions fro your computerto watch certain events throughout the night and if need be you could be reachedat home. Youll be give in credits to the credit card of your choice, therewill no longer be money exchanged. To help you protect against fraud on yourcards when you spend money youll use your thumb print as you would yoursignature now. At night youll come to a far less stressed enviorment becausethe computer appliances in your house have taken a lot of the mundane jobs thatyou use to do away. Youll be able to enjoy high definition TV and be able toreceive some 500 channels. After checking with your voice activated homecomputer to see if there is any phone messages or E-mail, youll retire to bedof course in you climate controlled home that knows what settings you like inwhat parts of the house. Oh, yes you wont even have to tell your voiceactivated computer not to run your computerized sprinkler system for your lawnbecause it will have realized from the weather report that it will rain.