, Brisbane, Australia.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2018 Aug;24(4):1221-1240. doi: 10.1007/s11948-017-9935-x. Epub 2017 Jun 26.
This paper describes how the ethical problems raised by scientific data obtained through harmful and immoral conduct (which, following Stan Godlovitch, is called ill-gotten information) may also emerge in cases where data is collected from the Internet. It describes the major arguments for and against using ill-gotten information in research, and shows how they may be applied to research that either collects information about the Internet itself or which uses data from questionable or unknown sources on the Internet. Three examples (the Internet Census 2012, the PharmaLeaks study, and research into keylogger dropzones) demonstrate how researchers address the ethical issues raised by the sources of data that they use and how the existing arguments concerning the use of ill-gotten information apply to Internet research. The problems faced by researchers who collect or use data from the Internet are shown to be the same problems faced by researchers in other fields who may obtain or use ill-gotten information.
本文描述了通过有害和不道德的行为（根据 Stan Godlovitch 的说法，这被称为非法获取的信息）获得的科学数据所引发的伦理问题，也可能出现在从互联网收集数据的情况下。本文描述了在研究中使用非法获取的信息的主要论点和反对意见，并展示了如何将它们应用于收集有关互联网本身的信息的研究，或使用来自互联网上可疑或未知来源的数据的研究。三个例子（2012 年互联网普查、PharmaLeaks 研究和键盘记录器研究）展示了研究人员如何解决他们使用的数据来源所引发的伦理问题，以及关于使用非法获取的信息的现有论点如何适用于互联网研究。从互联网收集或使用数据的研究人员所面临的问题与其他领域的研究人员可能遇到的问题相同，这些研究人员可能会获取或使用非法获取的信息。
