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Chapter 9: Privacy, Security and Ethics Flashcards

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Technology has had a very positive impact on

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People, but some of the impact could be negative

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Most significant concerns about technology

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1) Privacy: What are the threats to personal privacy, and how can we protect ourselves?
2) Security: How can access sensitive information be controlled, and how can we secure hardware and software?
3) Ethics: How do the actions of individual users and companies affect society?

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Privacy

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Concerns the collection and use of data about individuals

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Accuracy

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Responsibility of those who collect data and must be secure and correct

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Property

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Relates to who owns the data

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Access

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Responsibility of those who control data and use that data

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Large organizations compile

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Information about us daily

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Big data is

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Exploding and ever-growing

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90% of the data collected has been

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Collected over the last 2 years

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Information Resellers/Brokers

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1) Collect and sell personal data
2) Create electronic profiles

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Personal information is

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A marketable commodity, which raises many issues:

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Collecting public, but

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Personally identifying information (e.g Google’s Street View)

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Spreading information without

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Personal consent, leading to identity theft

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Spreading inaccurate information

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Mistaken identity

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Freedom of Information Act

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Entitlement to look at your records held by government agencies

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Employee monitoring software

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Employers can monitor email legally

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A proposed law could

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Prohibit this type of electronic monitoring or at least require the employer to notify the employee first

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Illusion of anonymity

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People are not concerned about privacy when surfing the Internet or when sending email

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When browsing the web, critical information is stored on the hard drive in these locations, and these are included.

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1) History Files
2) Temporary Internet Files
3) Browser cache
4) Cookies
5) Privacy Mode
6) Spyware

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History Files

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Include locations or addresses of sites you have recently visited

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Temporary Internet Files/Browser Cache

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1) Saved files from visited websites
2) Offers quick re-display when you return to the site

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Small data files that are deposited on your hard disk from

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Web sites you have visited

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First-party cookies

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Generated only by websites you are visiting

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Third-party cookies

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Generated by an advertising company that is affiliated with the website

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Tracking cookies

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To keep track of your Internet activities through third party cookies

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Privacy Modes

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Ensure your browsing activity is not recorded on your hard drive

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Recognition Mode is

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Google Chrome

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Private Browsing

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Safari

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Web bugs

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Invisible images or HTML code hidden within an e-mail message or webpage

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Spyware

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1) Record and report Internet activities
2) Change the browser to manipulate what you view

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Computer monitoring software

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1) Most invasive and dangerous
2) Keystroke loggers: Record activities and keystrokes

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Anti-Spyware programs

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Detect and remove privacy threats

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Online Identity

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The information that people voluntarily post and online

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34
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Archiving and search features of

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The Web makes it available indefinitely

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35
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Major Laws on Privacy

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1) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
2) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
3) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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1) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

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Protects personal financial information

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2) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Protects medical records

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3) Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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Resists disclosure of educational records

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Security

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Involve protecting individuals or organizations from theft and danger

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Hackers

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1) Gain unauthorized access with malicious intent
2) Not all hackers are illegal

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Cybercrime/Computer Crime

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A criminal offense that involves a computer and a network
1) Effect over 400 million people annually
2) Costs over $400 billion each year

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Identity theft

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Illegal assumption of a person’s identity for economic gain

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Internet scams

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Scams over the Internet

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Data manipulation

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Unauthorized access of a computer network and copying files to or from the server

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Ransomware

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Malicious software that encrypts your computer’s data and ransoms the password to the user

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DoS, Denial of Service

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Attempt to slow down or stop a computer system or network by flooding a computer or network with requests for information and data

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DDoS, Distributed denial of Service

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Coordinates several computer making repeated requests for service

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Internet Scams

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Scams using the Internet

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Internet scams have created

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Financial and legal problems for many thousands of people

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The majority are initiated by

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A mass mailing to unsuspecting individuals

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Advance fee loans

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Guaranteed low-rate available to almost anyone. After the applicant provides personal loan-related information, the loan is granted subject to an “insurance fee payment.”

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Auction fraud

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Merchandise is selected, and payment is sent. Merchandise is never delivered

53
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Fake Antivirus Software

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A website or email warns you that you are at risk of being infected by a computer virus and need to download and install the security software they recommend. Ironically, the security software is fake and will install malicious software on your computer

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Nigerian Scam

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A classic email scam. The recipient receives an email from a wealthy foreigner in distress who needs your bank account information to safely store their wealth, and for your trouble, you will receive a large amount of money. Of course, once the scammer has your bank account information and your accounts will be drained and they will disappear

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Social Engineering

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Practice of manipulating people to divulge private data

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Social Engineering played a crucial role in

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1) Identity theft
2) Internet scams
3) Data manipulation

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Phishing

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Attempts to trick Internet users into thinking a fake but official-looking website or email is legitimate

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Malicious Programs or Malware

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Designed by crackers, computer criminals, to damage or disrupt a computer system

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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes

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Spreading a virus a federal offense

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3 most common programs

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1) Viruses
2) Worms
3) Trojan Horse

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Viruses

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Migrate through networks and attach to different programs

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Worms

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Fills the computer with self-replicating information

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Trojan Horse

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Programs disguised as something else

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Malicious Hardware

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Criminals use hardware for crimes

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The most common are malicious hardware

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1) Zombies
2) Rogue Wi-Fi Hotspot
3) Infect USB Flash Drives

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Zombies

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1) Computers infected by a virus, worm, or Trojan Horse
2) Botnet or Robot Network is a collection of Zombies

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Rogue Wi-Fi Hotspot

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1) Imitating legitimate free Wi-Fi
2) Capture data coming through the Rogue Wi-Fi

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Infect USB Flash Drives

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1) Left on purpose in hopes for people to pick up and use
2) Have malicious software contained on them

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Measures to Protect Computer Security

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Principle measures to ensure computer security

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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

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1) Crime for an unauthorized person to view, copy, or damage data using computers across state lines
2) Prevents use of any government or federally insured financial institution computers

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Restricting Access

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1) Password
2) Biometric scanning

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Dictionary Attack

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It uses software to try thousands of common words sequentially in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to a user’s account

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Biometric scanning

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1) Fingerprint scanners
2) Iris (eye) scanner
3) Facial recognition

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Ways to perform and automate important security tasks

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1) Security suites
2) Firewalls
3) Password managers

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Security suites

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Provide a collection of utility programs designed to protect your privacy and security

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Firewalls

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Security buffer between a corporation’s provide network and all external networks

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Password managers

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Helps to create strong password

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Encryption: Coding information to make it unreadable, except to

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Those who have the encryption key or key

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The key will decrypt the information into

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A readable format

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Common uses for encryption

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1) Email encryption
2) File encryption
3) Website encryption: HTTPS: hypertext transfer protocol secured
4) Virtual private network
5) WPA2 Wifi protected access

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Wireless network encryption restricts access to

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Authorized users

82
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Anticipating Disaster

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1) Physical security
2) Data security
3) Disaster recovery plan

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Physical security protects

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Hardware

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Data security protects

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Software and data from unauthorized tampering or damage

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A disaster recovery plan describes ways to

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Continue operating in the event of a disaster

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Preventing data loss

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1) Frequent backups
2) Redundant data storage

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Store-off site in case of

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Loss of equipment

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Precautions you as an individual can and should take to make sure that you aren’t the victim of high-tech criminals

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1) Update software
2) Be careful when browsing
3) Be alert to email scams
4) Use antivirus software
5) Strong passwords

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Ethics

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Standards of moral conduct

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Computer ethics

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Guidelines for the morally acceptable use of computers
1) Copyright and Digital Rights Management
2) Cyberbullying
3) Plagiarism

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Copyright

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1) Gives content creators the right to control the use and distribution of their work
2) Paintings, books, music, films, and video games

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Software piracy

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Unauthorized copying and distribution of software

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Digital rights management (DRM) controls access to

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Electronic media

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Digital Millenium Copyright Act protects

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Against piracy

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Cyberbullying

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Use of the Internet to send or post content intended to harm another person

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Plagiarism

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Representing some other person’s work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original person’s work and ideas

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Most forums and comment areas on websites to

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Allow users to post messages anonymously

98
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Future software can

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Identify you and track your moves through a mall or store

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