Olli I. Heimo

First dose is always freemium

In this paper we look at three different groups of games. The traditional payment methods for games, although they do have their problems, are typically less problematic from ethical perspective than their more modern counterparts. Payment methods such as lure-to-pay use psychological tricks to lock the player to the game. Whereas pay to pass boring parts or pay to win just use game-external mechanics to make the play easier, and thus intent to, and have consequences other than at least many of the players would want to. This paper is a first stab at the topic from a Moorean just-consequentialist perspective, and in future papers we intend to compare a wider range of philosophical methods, payment methods as well as look into empirical data on players views on the topic.

How to abuse biometric passport systems

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that most, if not all RFID/biometric passports have clear technical and social problems in their intended use and that there are clear problems with the databases into which biometric data are being collected, due to use of this data for other (publicly), non‐intended uses.Design/methodology/approach – The approach of this paper is both a meta‐study of the flaws in the technological specifications as well as the social implementation of RFID/biometric passports. Finland is used as a case, but the results extend beyond Finland in most, if not all the topics presented – not necessarily all results to all implementations, but all to some others.Findings – The current implementations of RFID/biometric passports are lacking in both technical and social implementations and pose clear risks to their use, both due to lax implementation of the technology itself but specifically due to the social changes brought about. These problems cause both erosion of privacy and t...

Augmented reality: towards an ethical fantasy?

In this paper augmented reality solution development is analysed from an ethical perspective. The paper aims to be a guide on which different aspects of augmented reality and mixed reality development must at least be taken into account when adopting this emerging technology to counter ethically suspicious and malicious consequences which may cause harm amongst the different stakeholders. The analysis consist on both possible direct and collateral consequences of careless augmented reality system development where e.g. privacy, equality, data ownership and other forms of misuse are covered. The topics handled include direct consequences in the form of surveillance and other private and governmental use of augmented reality data, peer surveillance and sousveillance, ownership of data about ourselves, on top of such unintended consequences as augmented reality applications not acknowledging people of darker complexions or using augmented reality applications for even more effective bullying than current applications offer. Wider public discourse on the various current and potential uses of augmented reality applications is needed for the public to understand the direct and collateral consequences and for the legislators to make informed decisions on laws and policies governing augmented reality application usage.

Problem in Patient Information System Acquirement in Finland: Translation and Terminology

Healthcare information systems and their development has risen to be an issue discussed widely amongst Finnish media and public. The discussion varies from the many faults in design, functionality, usability and the enormous costs these systems produce to the citizens as well as how to best fix these problems. Yet it seems that common terminology with eHealth systems in the discussion is lacking rendering the quality of the discussion far from where it could be. Hence this paper will focus on the issue of terminology-based problems in Finnish public eHealth development discussion.

A Viewpoint for More Ethical Approach in Healthcare Information System Development and Procurement: The Four Principles

Healthcare is a field where the influence of ethics needs to be strong. It should also cover the area of information system development in healthcare. Great amounts or research about ethics, healthcare and information system development and combinations of those can be found. However, the actual development of healthcare information systems has a serious lack of understanding of ethical codes of healthcare and it seems that financial values may bypass ethical ones. Several examples of the consequences to healthcare information systems, in which financial values in conjunction with technological determinism are controlling the decisions, are presented and critiqued.

Examining User Experience in an Augmented Reality Adventure Game: Case Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum

In this paper we examine the user experience test results of Augmented Reality Adventure Game designed to Finnish Cultural Heritage Site Luostarinmaki Handicrafts Museum in Turku and discuss about the possible and preferable content, development and economic decisions and guidelines for augmented reality applications for museum and Cultural heritage sites.

Where is patient in EHR project

In this paper, we do a literature review on electronic health records (EHR) and patient involvement. It seems that patients are not included as much as one would presume. After our analysis of both literature and ethical nature, we suggest that research on why this is so and whether they should be included needs to be done.

Three Views to a School Information System: Wilma from a Sociotechnical Perspective

Visma Wilma has become a standard in Finnish school system as the de facto school information system for teachers, parents and students to use. Whereas the digitalisation of the school system seems inevitable there have been some issues in the information system design to promote practices and values that are suboptimal – or even substandard for a school as an entity.

Unworthy Guardians: Nappula Child Welfare Information System

In this paper we examine a Finnish child protective service software Nappula. We point out some of the problems with the system in relation to the information stored and used. It shares some of the problems which are prevalent in patient information systems without exactly being one. Some of these problems include, but are not limited to privacy problems and a lack of possibility of correcting data in certain situations, amongst other ethical issues. We point out that the system has issues which cannot be justified in accordance to what the values of child protective services, social services, and the society are.

Security, privacy'); drop table users; - and forced trust in the information age?: when trusting an information system is not optional and why it matters

In this study, we discuss forced trust in the context of information systems, information society and surveillance. Trust definitions and concepts pertinent to the discussion are examined and portrayed with case examples of forced trust in different situations that are central to the information society. As forced trust appears mostly in governmental information systems, we reflect the concept from security and privacy point-of-view, concepts that are important for users of such systems in the current age of information. We portray the trust landscape of critical governmental information systems and discuss forced trust also in the context of Internet infrastructure and mass surveillance. We provide a glimpse of an information society that combines security, trust, and privacy, while also providing discussion on what kind of trust dynamics such a utopia would require.