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Tactic: Planned rebound effect

Tactic sort: Dark Tactic
Type: Unsustainable Pattern
Category: edge-computing
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Title

Planned rebound effect

Description

An ICT system can always have positive and negative consequences which are either intended or unintended. Edge computing is no exception. The edge providers thus have the option of supposedly ignoring known negative consequences for society or the environment when launching their products on the market so that they can increase their profits.

Participant

edge-user

Related artifact

Application/service

Context

Normal operation

Feature

Prediction of use

Tactic intent

Pretending to ignore what could be a consequence of launching a new service

Intent measure

Extent of rebound effect analysis

Countermeasure

Similar to the false promises in cloud computing, an audit organisation could create awareness about this problem in society.

Source

*The Dark Side of Cloud and Edge Computing* by Klervie Toczé, Maël Madon, Muriel Garcia and Patricia Lago (DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/bf6fb269.9422c084)


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  • Contact person
  • Patricia Lago (VU Amsterdam)
  •  disc at vu.nl
  •  patricialago.nl

The Archive of Awesome and Dark Tactics (AADT) is an initiative of the Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC). It received funding from the VU Amsterdam Sustainability Institute, and is maintained by the S2 Group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Initial development of the Archive of Awesome and Dark Tactics by Robin van der Wiel