Special Section Introduction—Ubiquitous IT and Digital Vulnerabilities
这篇特刊引言指出信息技术在带来好处的同时也制造了新的脆弱性，识别了四种机制（可见性增强、隐蔽性增强、互联性增强、成本降低），并围绕网络骚扰、经济不平等、工业物联网和算法伦理四个领域提出了研究议程。
While information technology benefits society in numerous ways, it unfortunately also has potential to create new vulnerabilities. This special issue intends to stimulate thought and research into understanding and mitigating these vulnerabilities. We identify four mechanisms by which ubiquitous computing makes various entities (people, devices, organizations, societies, etc.) more vulnerable, including: increased visibility, enhanced cloaking, increased interconnectedness, and decreased costs. We use the papers in the special issue to explain these mechanisms, and then outline a research agenda for future work on digital vulnerabilities spanning four areas that are, or could become, significant societal problems with implications at multiple levels of analysis: Online harassment and incivility, technology-driven economic inequality, industrial Internet of Things, and algorithmic ethics and bias.