Cybernanny ethics...

["Fabio Cerullo" <fcerullo () gmail com>]

Hi All,

Talking about ethics.. what do you think about these software like
cybernanny, snoopstick and  others which collect information from your
PC in order to "protect" your children/employees/etc from accesing
certain websites? Most of these have EULA and are installed by proper
IT personnel or by the admin of the machine.

Do you think they are ethical or unethical from the end-user perpective?

Could be considered ethical in cases like when your 8 years old child
is browsing the Net to protect him/her from strangers? Would you agree
to install this kind of software at schools to monitor your children
activities? Would you install it at your home?

What about the corporate environment? If we go 20 years backwards and
someone was sneaking your papers/folders you could probably sue
him/her/the company. Nowadays it seems the story is the opposite and
the company could fire you without explanations if you were browsing
some "illegal" site. Do you think this kind of software should be
enforced or losen at the workplace?

I'm just trying to get an overall picture about pros/cons of this type
of software and its implementation from the technical and legal
perspective.

Any thoughts/comments will be really appreciated.

Thank you

Fabio Cerullo