When Computers Became Dangerous.

During the 1960s, Swedish society underwent a rapid and revolutionary computerisation process. Having been viewed as a harmless tool in the service of the engineering sciences during the first part of the decade, the computer became, during the second part, a symbol of the large-scale technology soc...

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Publicado en:Human IT Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 6 - 38
Autor principal: Ilshammar, Lars
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Human IT 2007
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        Electronic data processing
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        Computers
        Privacy
        Data security
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