Analysis #3

Analysing ITGS Situations Instructions: Use the following template to analyze news articles for your ITGS class. News article title: Why Facebook may want to track your location URL: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/tech/mobile/facebook-mobile-app-privacy/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_tech+%28RSS%3A+Technology%29 Brief description of situation: Key stakeholders: IT system involved: Related issues of social and ethical significance: 1.1 Reliability and integrity, 1.2 Security, 1.3 Privacy and anonymity, 1.4 Intellectual property, 1.5 Authenticity, 1.6 The digital divide and equality of access, 1.7 Surveillance, 1.8 Globalization and cultural diversity, 1.9 Policies, 1.10 Standards and protocols, 1.11 People and machines and 1.12 Digital citizenship Areas of social impact: Economic, political, cultural, legal, environmental, ergonomic, health, psychological and morally. Evaluating the impacts: Are the impacts serious? Are they long or short term? Are all the stakeholders affected of just a few? Are the stakeholders a large or small group? Are the impacts local or global? Are the impacts likely to lead to future problems? Conclusion: Who is responsible? What are the consequences? What are the alternatives? Is there an easy solution to the problem?