Should Internet Researchers Use Ill-Gotten Information?
This paper describes how the ethical problems raised by scientific data obtained through harmful and immoral conduct (which, following Stan Godlovitch, is called ill-gotten information) may also emerge in cases where data is collected from the Internet. It describes the major arguments for and again...
| Publicado en: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 1221 - 1241 |
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Aug2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=131259656&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 131259656 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13533452 GNI jtl: Science & Engineering Ethics issn: 13533452 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2018 vid: 24 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 131259656 10.1007/s11948-017-9935-x ppf: 1221 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 464KB tig: atl: Should Internet Researchers Use Ill-Gotten Information? aug: au: Douglas, David M. affil: Brisbane, Australia su: Internet research Research ethics Scientific computing Research methodology Information theory Ethics sug: subj: Internet research Research ethics Scientific computing Research methodology Information theory Ethics keyword: Data ethics Ill-gotten information Internet Census 2012 Internet research methods ab: This paper describes how the ethical problems raised by scientific data obtained through harmful and immoral conduct (which, following Stan Godlovitch, is called ill-gotten information) may also emerge in cases where data is collected from the Internet. It describes the major arguments for and against using ill-gotten information in research, and shows how they may be applied to research that either collects information about the Internet itself or which uses data from questionable or unknown sources on the Internet. Three examples (the Internet Census 2012, the PharmaLeaks study, and research into keylogger dropzones) demonstrate how researchers address the ethical issues raised by the sources of data that they use and how the existing arguments concerning the use of ill-gotten information apply to Internet research. The problems faced by researchers who collect or use data from the Internet are shown to be the same problems faced by researchers in other fields who may obtain or use ill-gotten information. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Science & Engineering Ethics is a copyright of Springer, 2018. All Rights Reserved. item: Science & Engineering Ethics holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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