I think ethical behavior is a continuum and I don't see it as binary. Then again, I'm not formally trained in ethics either.
I clearly stated I handled it only somewhat ethically, at best (i.e. "...pretty shitty to people..."). Even then, I'd argue I acted closer to the "ethical" end of that continuum than the opposite. I could have shared the logs, for example. That would be much closer to the "unethical" end of that spectrum to my mind.
I definitely handled it poorly but I could have handled it worse. For the people who were "surveilled" the impact to their lives was the same as if they had not been.
> No wonder we've ended up in the surveillance nightmare we find ourselves in.
The "user surveillance" on my personal standalone laptop computer 30 years ago doesn't have much bearing on the for-profit companies who profit from mass user surveillance today, except perhaps as being emblematic of the human nature to find novelty in "secrets". I don't think I bear any personal responsibility for the world we live in today in this regard.
I think ethical behavior is a continuum and I don't see it as binary. Then again, I'm not formally trained in ethics either.
I clearly stated I handled it only somewhat ethically, at best (i.e. "...pretty shitty to people..."). Even then, I'd argue I acted closer to the "ethical" end of that continuum than the opposite. I could have shared the logs, for example. That would be much closer to the "unethical" end of that spectrum to my mind.
I definitely handled it poorly but I could have handled it worse. For the people who were "surveilled" the impact to their lives was the same as if they had not been.
> No wonder we've ended up in the surveillance nightmare we find ourselves in.
The "user surveillance" on my personal standalone laptop computer 30 years ago doesn't have much bearing on the for-profit companies who profit from mass user surveillance today, except perhaps as being emblematic of the human nature to find novelty in "secrets". I don't think I bear any personal responsibility for the world we live in today in this regard.