Due at the end of class: The growth in the use of Information Technology systems and their adoption by many business and government organizations has led to the development of new types of crime. New organizations like CYBERCRIME.GOV, have been formed to try to detect and stop crime involving IT.
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(a) Identify two types of crime that are associated with the widespread use of IT.
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(b) Phishing is the use of fraudulent websites and emails in order to extract personal details such as bank passwords from users. Often the communications are made to look very much like official communications from a bank or other organization.
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Describe two pieces of advice that a bank can give to customers to help them avoid such dangers.
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(c) Discuss how it may be possible for a bank to become aware of fraudulent transactions taking place in its customers’ accounts.
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Must be posted to your blog by the end of class on Wednesday.
Individuals can now telephone worldwide using only the Internet (Internet Telephony VoIP).
No standard telephone services are then necessary.
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(a) Identify two technological requirements for people to use Internet telephony.
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(b) Describe one advantage for individuals who use Internet telephony compared with using a conventional telephone service.
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(c) Describe one disadvantage for individuals who use Internet telephony compared with using a conventional telephone service.
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(d) Discuss how developments in Internet telephony might affect the nature of the services offered by conventional and mobile phone (cell phone) providers.
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Homework is due by the end of the school day. The development and convergence of modern technologies is having an enormous impact on the implementation of computer networks.
| (a) Identify two technological developments that have led to the widespread use of wireless networks. |
(b) Wireless LANs are increasingly being installed as a service in businesses, coffee shops and outdoor spaces to allow access to information.
| Describe two benefits of this service for users. |
(c) Certain files available to users of the wireless LAN may be particularly sensitive or confidential.
| Discuss how the administrator of a wireless LAN could protect specific files on this network from unauthorized access. |
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Due at the end of class, posted to your blog: Photo editing allows photographs to be transformed into new fake images. Here is an example: 
| (a) Identify two ways in which photo editing software can be used to create a photo of a situation that never existed. |
| (b) Describe how such photographs might be verified for their authenticity. |
| (c) Discuss how the enhancement of digitally produced photographs may be misused. |
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Email me a plan for your DEV project. Be sure to specify which technology you will focus on first, which areas of impact will be discussed, and which social/ethical situations will be most relevant. Also, tell me what type of final product you plan to produce. Due Monday after break.
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Email Mr. Scott using your Gmail address. Include in the email the address of your blog and your del.icio.us username. Make sure that the “subject” line of your email indicates which block your class meets: i.e. “A block”. You will receive a grade for completing this assignment.
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