https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191554 2026-09-23T01:20:01Z 2026-09-23T01:20:01Z Maurushat, Alana https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203843 2023-11-28T02:34:04Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Ethical hacking Authors: Maurushat, Alana Abstract: How will governments and courts protect civil liberties in this new era of hacktivism? Ethical Hacking discusses the attendant moral and legal issues. The first part of the 21st century will likely go down in history as the era when ethical hackers opened governments and the line of transparency moved by force. One need only read the motto "we open governments" on the Twitter page for Wikileaks to gain a sense of the sea change that has occurred. Ethical hacking is the non-violent use of a technology in pursuit of a cause-political or otherwise-which is often legally and morally ambiguous. Hacktivists believe in two general but spirited principles: respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and personal privacy; and the responsibility of government to be open, transparent and fully accountable to the public. How courts and governments will deal with hacking attempts which operate in a grey zone of the law and where different ethical views collide remains to be seen. What is undisputed is that Ethical Hacking presents a fundamental discussion of key societal questions.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/213908 2025-10-07T14:14:47Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Contextualizing openness: Situating open science Editors: Chan, Leslie; Okune, Angela; Hiillyer, Becky; Albornoz, Denisse; Reyes Posada, Alejandro Abstract: Contextualizing Openness offers a fascinating look at Open Science and the democratization of knowledge in international development and social transformation with a focus on the Global South. This volume presents contributions from the 12 projects that form the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet) organized around four central themes: Defining Open Science in Development, Governing Open Science, Negotiating Open Science, and Expanding Open Science for Social Transformation. The collective goal is to illustrate how the opportunities and challenges associated with openness vary across regions and, further, to identify the key differences that characterize the actors, institutions, as well as the infrastructure and governance of knowledge-based resources in highly diverse settings. To understand the movement toward Open Science and its impact on the thinking and practices that drive development, we must challenge the asymmetry of global knowledge production and of access to this knowledge. Contextualizing Openness aims to stimulate further research and debates about how to collectively design a knowledge system that is open and equitable for all.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191560 2023-11-22T02:46:12Z 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Law and the "Sharing Economy": Regulating online market platforms Editors: McKee, Derek; Makela, Finn; Scassa, Teresa Abstract: The rapid expansion of sharing economy platforms has generated enormous controversy. Law and the "Sharing Economy" closely examines the challenges that arise from this phenomenon with regard to labour, market, technology and regulation through a legal and interdisciplinary lens. The controversy stems partially from the economic impact - most acutely in certain sectors such as Uber vs taxi drivers and Airbnb vs hotels - and partially from other related consequences such as a trend toward precarious work or an impact on real estate speculation. While governments in some jurisdictions have attempted to rein in the platforms, technology has enabled such companies to bypass conventional regulatory categories, generating accusations of "unfair competition" as well as debates about the merits of existing regulatory regimes.

2018-01-01T00:00:00Z