The Secure Information Society Ethical, Legal and Political Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krüger, Jörg (Editor), Nickolay, Bertram (Editor), Gaycken, Sandro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Political science.; Philosophy.; Computers and civilization.; Electrical engineering.; Economic policy.; Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Philosophy of Technology.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Political Science.

In our modern information societies, we not only use and welcome computers; we are highly dependent upon them. There is a downside of this kind of progress, however. Computers are not 100% reliable. They are insecure. They are vulnerable to attackers. They can either be attacked directly, to disrupt...