The Bigger Picture Flashcards
What are the effects of the digital divide?
- Employment: have low IT literacy can lead to being low paid or unemployed
- Cost: households without internet access have to spend more as they can’t shop or pay bills online
- Social Isolation: people with no access to the internet are less likely to keep in touch with friends or family
- Economic Growth: countries with poor access to computing technology cannot compete with countries that do have access
What are vast amounts of energy consumed by?
- production and assembly of computer equipment
- functioning of equipment
- online data storage in data centres
- recycling of equipment
Problems with E-Waste?
- Illegally dumped in landfill sites
- Toxic = severe health problems
- Many computer components can’t be recycled or reused
- Millions of tonnes of e-waste are dumped in developing countries every year
How can technology be recycled?
- Elements can be extracted or reused
- Some components can be reused
- Unwanted items can be donated to poorer countries
What are some privacy issues?
- Mobile phone service providers: keep records of texts/ calls that are sent/ received, location can be tracked 24/7
- Passports: scanned when you travel, tracks movements in and out of countries
- Surveillance Cameras: track people everywhere, ANPR cameras track all road vehicles
Types of legislation?
- Intellectual Property
- Copyright
- Patent
What is intellectual property?
- Anything that has been created by a human mind and asserts that the person who created it has sole rights to its use
- Protected by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
What is a patent?
- A permission granted by the government to a person who has made an invention (physical)
- Set period of time
What is a copyright?
- A permission granted by the government to protect ideas and expressions
What does the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 do?
- Protects people’s original work from being used without their permission
- All original work is copyright
- The person who creates a work owns the copyright and is the only person that has the rights to reproduce or sell it
What is a license?
The permission given to a user to use the software under the terms set out in the license
What do licenses include?
- How many copies can be installed
- How many computers it can be installed on
- How long the software can be used for before the license has to be renewed
What crimes are listed under the Computer Misuse Act 1990?
1) Unauthorised access to computer material
2) Unauthorised modification of computer material
3) Unauthorised access to a computer with intent
When was the computer misuse act published?
1990
What is proprietary software?
Commercially produced by an organisation for profit
