Chapter 3 Can Technology Replace Social Engineering

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TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY CULTURE HUMN-432

• Chapter 3 Can Technology Replace Social
  Engineering?

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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
Why not just watch TV with your kids? Should a TV
producer pick what our kids are allowed to
watch? TV or Video Game as babysitter? Do all
parents have the same values when it comes to
objectionable TV? What about the nightly news?
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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?

• How do we get people to obey the law?
• Does inhome detention work?
• Is it just societys way of saying go to your
  room?
• Should we change the laws?
• Is it a deterrent or just a slap on the wrist?
• Is the cost of possible failure worth the
  economic savings to society?

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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
Why not go on line with your kids? What about
legitimate research into controversial areas? Are
sex, nudity, language, hate, violence, drugs
handled the same way? Do programmers share every
parents values? Where to use schools,
libraries, internet café, home? What about the
Free Speechissue?

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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
Why not train your dog? Why not walk your
dog? Why not let the dog be a dog? Should you
have a dog if you dont have the right space to
keep it? Should you electro-shock or spray your
dog?
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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
Fear of pregnancy can be a powerful
motivator. Consequences of failure far
reaching. Has fear of AIDS replaced fear of
pregnancy as a mechanism of social control?
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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
Why not buy a more fuel efficient car? Why do you
need an SUV? Why not learn to drive more fuel
efficiently? Ad on back cover was for a Subaru
SUV!
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Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?

• What about
• Antabuse?
• Ritalin?
• Liposuction?
• Steroids?
• Prozac?
• Ephedrine?