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Information Technology Ethics Issues Article Summary Isaac Williams BIS/221 December 15, 2014 Mary Robbins University of Phoenix BIS/221 To: Mary Robbins From: [Your Name] cc: Learning Team B Date: Re: Wearables with augmented reality are mind-blowing -- and an ethical nightmare. Ethical risks posed by wearable technology, utilizing “AR” software. Companies like Google are straying away from the once popular Virtual Reality, in favor of what they are calling “Augmented Reality”, or AR. According to Merriam-Webster, AR is “an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device (as a smartphone camera); also: the technology used to …show more content…

(Duggan & Smith, 2013) Cross-network and cross-device connectivity and sharing is where the real ethical dilemmas begin to surface. Devices today cannot stand alone, in a world focused so much on connectivity. But, when does that connectivity go too far? When do companies focus so much on connectivity and sharing that they all but ignore personal privacy? How much information should a device be able to share? How far should a social media network be able to penetrate into its users’ personal information before it becomes unethical? Privacy risks and security concerns are only amplified with the addition of these wearable technologies. Devices used to monitor heart rates, stress levels, voice recognition, geolocations, and activity patterns are storing, and possibly sharing, real-time biological and geographical information. With head-mounted devices like Google Glass, that information extends to even seeing what a user is seeing at that moment, and according to Nick Statt, the concerns only get scarier when these new technologies begin employing facial recognition software and its applications. References Duggan, M., & Smith, A. (2013, December 30). Social media matrix. Retrieved from Pew Research Center: http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/12/30/social-media-matrix/ Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Dictionary: augmented reality. Retrieved from Merriam-Webster: an Encyclopedia Britannica Company:

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