From: u9035281@cs.uow.edu.au (Paul John Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc
Subject: Survey: Computers and You
Date: 21 Aug 92 01:05:58 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia

Sorry for posting this here, but for an essay I have to do, I choose
roleplayers as my Community Group, so please no flames and please-please
-please-please help me out on this.
thanx.

Essay Survey:
This survey is going to be used for a short essay that I have to complete
about computer surveillance and vulnerabilities.
All information gathered by this survey will only be seen by me, as no
names or places  are to be used in it.
All information is strictly confidential and will be destroyed if you deem
it to be so.
If you feel that some questions are too personal, please feel free to not
answer it. Some questions may offend you in some way so please no
flames about this.
Thank you for your time and effort, and sorry for the warnings, as they
too are part of the essay.

Please answer these as clearly and as short as possible.
Thank you again.
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Have you ever had the feeling that someone was watching you and
any personal information of yours that was on computers?
{ie Mainframe accounts, banks, etc}



Have you ever been reluctant to give information to surveys or forms
about your personal life or information? [ie hobbies, religion etc]


Why?


When you fill out Census and other types of forms, do you do it truthfully
when it covers you personal life?



Do you know how far that information can go in both private and
government circles? [ie where it is being stored and who has access.]
 Do you care?


Has any of your personal information came back to you via some
unusual source? [ie Mailing lists, charity groups, ID cards, credit cards etc]
Please give brief example [ie on charity mailing list because I'm a Doctor]




Are Credit checks [checks on your personal data for loans] to powerful
in what they have access to?

Do they go to far into your personal information? [ie school reports etc]


What should such checks be allowed to know? [briefly please!]


Should such information gathering be allowed to share all their data
on you or others? [ie banks share with government or other companies.]



Do you think that requesting personal information is an invasion of privacy?


If so is there any way you can stop this?


List some sources that have requested personal information from you?
[ie banks, hospitals, community groups]


Have you ever applied for a service and then ran into problems due to
other information being given out about you that was not requested?
[ie help refused because of location or religion when you have not stated
where are what it is.]


Do you often wonder how companies get all this personal data?


Is protection of such data keeping up with computer advancements?

Do you think such surveillance is justified or warranted?


Please give one example of surveillance of personal data by computers
that you have run into? [ie credit checks etc]



Do you work with computers?
If so, have you had any problems/failures due to the computer?

Have you ever had problems with equipment due to a computer fault?


Who do you think is legally responsible for these?
	A. You
	B.  The manufacturer of the product.
	C. The software writers.
	D. Outside forces. [ie God or luck or fate etc]


Do you think that we are relying on computers too much in areas of
great responsibility? [ie early warning systems]


Are computers good enough to handle the jobs they do?
Why/Why not?


Do computers take some of the responsibility of failures off you, the user?


Are computers advancing too fast for their reliability to keep up?


Please give an example of computers failing you in some way.


Also please give an example when computers have saved you a great
deal of time and/or effort.



Thank you again for answering all these seemingly stupid questions,
'cause most of them are.
 [The things you have to do to do an essay these days!]

-- 
   	Paul Davis, [RENEGADE]	u9035281@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au
	University of Wollongong Simulation Games Secretary
	"Of course I'm Psycho - I'm a SOLO"