Ethical Issues with Passive Listening Technology in Virtual Assistants

Running head: VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS IN SMARTPHONES
Virtual Assistants in Smartphones
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to study the ethical issues that arises from the use of passive
listening technology to virtual assistant software. Classical ethical theory analysis shows that
nothing can compensate the loss of personal data over the internet and identity fraud. The
report states various problems relating ethical issues. Finally, the report concludes with a
section where some recommendations are provide to handle the discussed ethical issues.

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Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Recommendations..................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Reference List............................................................................................................................7