Week 12

The lecture was very informative, the main question of why there are problems on the Internet was raised and the answers were interesting.
Characteristics of the Internet:
- open protocols
- no enforceable standards

Characteristics of Internet information:
- anyone can publish
- no control on bias or unethical information

Characteristics of Internet users:
- a lot of smart people
- a lot of dumb people

What are the problems?
•Intellectual Property
•Copyright
•Plagiarism
•Security
•Privacy
•Freedom of Speech

In today's tutorial I did three readings:
Reading One:
Top 12 ways to protect your online privacy-
1) Do not reveal personal information inadvertently

2)Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries.

3)Keep a "clean" e-mail address

4)Don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends"

5) Realize you may be monitored at work, avoid sending highly personal e-mail to mailing lists, and keep sensitive files on your home computer

6)Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information or other personal details

7) Do not reply to spammers, for any reason

8) Be conscious of web security

9) Be conscious of home computer security

10) Examine privacy policies

11)Remember that you decide what information about yourself to reveal, when, why, and to whom

12)Use encryption

Reading Two:
Types of Monitoring-
I found this website really boring it was unattractive and didn't appeal to me in the slightest.

Reading Three:
Overview of Intellectual Property-
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
Patents are appropriate for "useful things" or methods of doing something
Trademarks cover the name or symbol (logo) which represent the source of a product or service.
Copyrights protect works of authorship, composition, or artistry