"Good" worms and human rights

John Aycock; Alana Maurushat

doi:10.1145/1361255.1361256

"Good" worms and human rights

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Abstract

The extent of Internet censorship in countries like China is regularly tested, but the testing methods used from within a censored country can entail risk for humans. A benevolent worm can be used for testing instead: the worm's self-replication, long the bane of suggested benevolent viruses and worms, is shown to be essential here. We describe the design of this benevolent worm, along with some other related applications for it. A technical, ethical, and legal analysis is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-39
Number of pages	12
Journal	ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1361255.1361256
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

benevolent worms
China
firewall
filtering
censorship
human rights

UN SDGs

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"Good" worms and human rights

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