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Questions of Ethics In Computer Systems and Their Future1) Identify and demonstrate security issues and con human facerations evident forInformation SystemsAnd computerization in the brokerage industry. ( Think about how theInternet hasalready influenced trading.)"The technology is getting ahead of regulators" claims David Weissman,director of specie 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 governance activity to attempt to even bring this media under(a) all kindof regulation. But, what is it that they the government agencies truly arelooking to model? If you take to the argument that this media, the Internetis truly a public access network, past the control to which they would like 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 almostimpossible to censor t he 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 another medium such as the phone system nothing would ever comeit. The bigger question here is how much government do people 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 extract 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 theNational Association of Securities Dealers, which oversees the NASDAQ market.The argument that they are two (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 privation of income for theirtrading enviorment, for the government it is a loss of taxes that could bederived f... ...s or messages because the central computer inthe office will know your where abouts in the office at any time as you die outthrough 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 paid in credits to the credit cards of your choice, therewill no longer be money exchanged. To help you protect against taradiddle on yourcards when you spend money youll use your thumb print as you would yoursignature now. At night youll come to a far little stressed enviorment becausethe c omputer appliances in your house have taken a lot of the mundane jobs thatyou use to do away. Youll be able to enjoy mellowed definition TV and be able toreceive some 500 channels. After checking with your vowel system 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.