Unit 6 Flashcards
6 restricted material and their usages
Cadmium:For rechargable battery, printer ink and toner.
Lead: For cable sheathing and circuit board.
Mercury: For LCD screens.
Hexavalent Chromium: For casing.
Polychlorinated bilphenyls &
Polybrominated diphenylethers (Toxic compounds for plastic , circuit board, connectors to make them fire retardant)
Ways to reduce carbon footprints in data center
•Energy Efficiency measures
•Use of renewable energy
E-waste consequences
Toxic substances will leak out to the ground ->
• Contaminating water
•Infiltrating food chain
•polluting air
How technology help preserve the environment?
1.Climate Change by monitoring temp,pressure, to see why and how certain things happen (Sea level rises as Eg)
2.Early Warning by detecting approaching disaster and communication infrastructure for issue timely warnings.
3.Conservation of Animals (Track them and alert the ranger)
4.Energy saving by automatic electricity adjustment with sensors.
Ethics
Moral principles governing a person’s behavior
How government can use personal data rules.
•Data processed fairly and lawfully
•obtain and used for specific and lawful purpose
•Data must be adequate, relevant and not excessive
•accruate and UpTo date
•kept no longer than necessary
•Kept secure
Why give personal information to organisation?
•Enable organization to understand their needs better •Provide a personalized service
Differences between cookies and spyware?
1.Cookies are small data that keep records your web browsing history. Enable online stores to learn about you.
2.Spyware are sorted on hard drive(w/o permission) to collect information and transmit to third party
Private Enhancing tools
1.Encryption
2.Cookies Cleaner,Anti-spyware,adblocker
3.Identity Management Service (Trusted third party Allow to conduct transaction without revealing person information)
4.Password Manager(Stores all web login information in encrypted password database with master password)
What if personal data got into the wrong hand?
•Vulnarable to phishing,scams,identity theft and fraud.
What happen when personal data is inaccurate
•Affect How they are seen by others and treated
When is invasion of privacy justified (Needs of Society>Personal Data)
-When Keeping society from crime, improving road safety and protection of key installation such as nuclear power station
What’s digital inclusion?
Providing everyone with affordable access to computing technology and skill to use it.
Why digital exclusion is bad?
•Less job opportunities
•Less business growth as no exploiting of technology
•Limited freedom of expression
•Save money with online services
•Connects with others
What’s professionalism?
The skill and competence expected of a person in professional setting.
Behave ethically and must abide the law.
1.Accomplish task efficiently
2.Build new software
3.Invent new product