Assignments 8.1 & 9.1: Ethical Issues

8.1. Ethical issues: identify any potential hazards in the proposed design, e.g., foreseeable misuses

• • • Requires overworking of staff to constantly update menu for accuracy 

    • Can be misused to encourage eating disorders by over tracking calories

    • Dining item on app may be mislabeled in regards to having certain allergens

    • Privacy and Data Protection issues may arise as Duck Dining collects personal data and user login info

9.1. Ethical issues: provide solutions to eliminate hazards identified in Assignment 8.1, e.g., foreseeable misuses

Based on these forseeable misuses, our app shall

• • • Implement automatic updates of menu in case of last minute changes to stock/menu

      • Direct Announcements to the app to tell last minute changes to stock/menu

    • Display  a warning to advocate the use of the app responsibly and safely

    • Implement an icon system 

      • Students can upvote or downvote for the taste of food

      • Emojis to represent whether food is out of stock or warning for allergies 

    • Implement methods to develop a more secure platform

      • We are using Firebase as our backend, which has Firebase Authentication, Access Control and Validation & Monitoring

      •  Firebase Authentication allows users to authenticate users securely, as it supports several authentication providers, such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and GitHub, email/password authentication and phone authentication

      • Access control will allow users to access specific data and resources based on user permissions

      • Validation and Monitoring will keep the application safe by validating data input from users and ensuring it protects against unauthorized access