This is not about coding anymore
summary
Software decisions have concrete harms and fixes: Facebook SDK crashed iOS apps and hidden trackers sent sensitive data from Tinder and Pregnancy+ to Facebook; 87 million users exposed to Cambridge Analytica; Excel .xls truncation drops 16,000 COVID rows and is linked to ~1,500 deaths; Bitcoin mining consumes energy comparable to a country; a UK survey of 1,000+ workers finds over a quarter see tech decisions with negative social impact and nearly two thirds want more time to assess ethics, privacy and accessibility.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 3:39Ethics
- 3:58Factor of Safety
- 10:12First Serious Job before Moving to Android Development
- 13:42Privacy
- 14:58The Filter Bubble
- 18:29Discriminatory Targeting
- 21:26Using the Facebook Sdk
- 22:07Advocate To Eradicate Privacy Washing
- 24:32Location Permissions
- 25:24The Most Important Quality as Software Developer Should Have Is Being a Good Caring Respectful Person
- 30:38Impostor Syndrome
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