In modern society the amount of daily information has been continuously and rapidly increasing with various new and improved mechanisms for finding, collecting and producing information. A problem with this trend is that it does not necessarily mean the improvement in information quality. A more serious problem is the unethical use of communications. It is expected in communication, to have pos...

This special issue “Cyberworlds and Education” is based on papers presented at the 2003 International Conference on Cyberworlds (held in Singapore, December 3-5, 2004). This conference was organized by the School of Computer Engineering of the Nanyang Technological University. Cyberworlds are information worlds formed on the web either intentionally or spontaneously, with or without visual desi...

Current approaches to cyber-security are not working. Rather than producing more security, we seem to be facing less and less. The reason for this is a multi-dimensional and multi-faceted security dilemma that extends beyond the state and its interaction with other states. It will be shown how the focus on the state and "its" security crowds out consideration for the security of the individual ...

Mainly justified by the growing concern about vulnerabilities of IT systems, some new technologies are being integrated into computing devices, for realizing so-called Trusted Computing systems. However, they are raising questions about intrusive cyber-control over individual user activities and data, but also about consequences in cyber-war scenarios. The aim of this article is to confront Tru...

The ethical problem of privacy lies at the core of computer ethics and cyber ethics discussions. The extensive use of personal data in digital networks poses a serious threat to the user’s right of privacy not only at the level of a user’s data integrity and security but also at the level of a user’s identity and freedom. In normative ethical theory the need for an informational self-determinis...