Issue Paper: Computer-Aided Mammograms and Trans-Atlantic Data Transfer Privacy
Garrett Gutierrez CSE 485: Capstone I #80015 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Introduction:
As new technologies emerge, they cause new and surprising impacts on the world, which shape how people experience life. Yet, these advancements in computing and engineering may have some negative consequences. Thus, they become controversial issues. Two recent issues in the computing and engineering field are the effectiveness of computer-aided mammograms in the
United States and Facebook data being used for mass surveillance on European denizens. These issues affect the areas of national healthcare and global privacy, respectively. Not only do these topics have current ramifications, they also have potential long term consequences that will need to be addressed. Thus, current leaders are taking actions to address each of these issues in order to resolve them or mitigate their adverse effects. This paper will identify each issue, its source, the current and future impact of the respective issue, and how current leaders are addressing the issues based on the facts provided by the credible news sources.
Issue 1 and Source:
On the national level, a contemporary issue involving computing that has arisen is the use of computer-aided mammograms in the U.S. for women’s healthcare. The issue is that recent studies have shown that computer-aided mammograms are not effective at detecting more instances of breast cancer or tumors,
Are any important policy solutions being proposed to address the issue? What are they and how would you assess their potential impact?
focus on the top three of these issues as well as the importance of resolving the most important
States problem(s) clearly and concisely in one sentence. Effectively and completely identifies symptoms, critical factors and current state in Background discussion.
Mass surveillance is a word that has been thrown around every so often in the last few decades, especially ever since George Orwell’s book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Although this book was released over 60 years ago, some aspects of the book are seeming to become true in the United States, and other parts of the world today. The idea of mass surveillance isn’t so taboo anymore, as there are several programs ran by sovereign countries around the world which monitor their domestic citizens, as well as citizens and leaders of other foreign countries. With all of our technological communication advances since 1949, this age of information is only going to get more severe, and more tracking and monitoring will be done. The biggest offender of doing
In your own words, please describe one way you think those problems could perhaps be reduced or alleviated?
Today, computers are found everywhere and people rely upon them for travel directions, entertainment, purchasing products, and social interactions.
Government surveillance in the past was not a big threat due to the limitations on technology; however, in the current day, it has become an immense power for the government. Taylor, author of a book on Electronic Surveillance supports, "A generation ago, when records were tucked away on paper in manila folders, there was some assurance that such information wouldn 't be spread everywhere. Now, however, our life stories are available at the push of a button" (Taylor 111). With more and more Americans logging into social media cites and using text-messaging devices, the more providers of metadata the government has. In her journal “The Virtuous Spy: Privacy as an Ethical Limit”, Anita L. Allen, an expert on privacy law, writes, “Contemporary technologies of data collection make secret, privacy invading surveillance easy and nearly irresistible. For every technology of confidential personal communication…there are one or more counter-technologies of eavesdropping” (Allen 1). Being in the middle of the Digital Age, we have to be much more careful of the kinds of information we put in our digital devices.
What are the different opinions about the actual issue or how to solve the issue?
I. Computer 's are an integral part of our daily lives. Just about anywhere you go, a computer is present. Hospitals, banks, even the gas pump you frequent, relies on computer 's to figure out how much gas you pump, how much it is per gallon, and where to get that money from. As you can see from this line graph, computer 's are in more demand than ever peaking at 350 million sold in a year. (Computer Sales Statistics)
problems that most of us are enhancing such as the problem of plastic in our world.
Americans have at present become too dependent on computers. With the invention of computers years ago, they have become an essential part of human life. Americans have increasingly become dependent on computers, and it is quite unbelievable that almost fifty years ago, many of them had never seen a computer before. Presently, computers are in use in almost every aspect of human life, at almost all corners of the globe. People can now work from the comfort of their own homes, interact instantly with their family or friends living abroad, and even socialize with strangers from all over the world. This paper explores how Americans are becoming too dependent on computers for communication, education, and entertainment.
With these problems and more arising from this policy, many would assume the leaders would take action
Technological advancements are made everyday. No matter the invention or its uses technology proceeds toward a superior state. One such advancement was the common computer. What began as a device that emulated a man following step-by-step directions, eventually blossomed into the devices we use today with a multitude of functions and uses. Today computers and their use, known as the concept of computing, have made a sizeable impact on everyday life, from the private lives of the common everyman to the social networks of average communities, the community of Clemson for instance. As time has passed and computers have advanced, computing has significantly influenced the Clemson community in terms of communication and organization.
A big reason I have written about this is to highlight the importance of computers, there will be a day where every job role requires the ability to use a
problems that affect real life. It also affects how people react to certain situations. Examples can include: