Presentation to engineering students in HKU Feb 27 2013

1. Role and Responsibility
of Professionals in Technology
Charles Mok
26 Feb 2013
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2. "Technology... is a queer thing.
It brings you great gifts with one hand,
and it stabs you in the back with the other."
Charles Percy Snow, New York Times, 1971
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3. The more technology becomes ubiquitous,
the more important it is for us to consider
the implication of our work…
OK Glass
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4. THE FUTURE IS TECHNOLOGY
PEOPLE PEOPLE MAKING
WISE DECISIONS ABOUT
TECHNOLOGY
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5. What do technology
professionals need
to consider in this
day and age?
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6. Privacy
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7. …the service is free, but the product is YOU.
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8. The data keeps growing in an avalanche of digital activity
and we leave data trails everywhere we go…
…unintentionally
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9. The enormous wealth of
data comes with a byte…
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10. Leakage of sensitive personal data
Users trusts their data to be treated with due care…
…but sometimes are exposed online entirely
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11. Cybercrime and hacking
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12. The new, invisible cold war in cyber space?
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13. Rise of global ‘hacktivism’
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14. …DDoS attacks are common in Hong Kong as well
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15. Open Internet, Anonymity, & Intellectual Property
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16. Freedom of expression >= Personal privacy???
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18. Freedom to share VS Intellectual property
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19. The role of technology professionals evolves…
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20. …This is not enough
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21. Judgment and responsibility are expected…
…both as end-user and creator
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22. Learn from yesterday,
live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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23. Thank you!
Charles Mok
Legislative Councilor (Information Technology)
charles@charlesmok.hk
www.charlesmok.hk
Facebook: Charles Mok B
Twitter: @charlesmok
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