Monday 24 October 2016

Question 5




Digital Rights and Responsibilities

Define Digital Rights and Responsibilities.

LINK

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/847260122899021824


Reference
  http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/tech-ed/responsibilities-that-come-with-digital-citizenship/


Question 6

Digital Law

LINK
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/847250739938983936





reference:
 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/530566/the-impact-of-the-internet-on-society-a-global-perspective/
http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/technology-can-have-positive-and-negative-impact-on-social-interactions

Question 4



Digital Etiquette


Create a Digital Code of Conduct for education institutes. Please think of how you would reinforce
and manage it, include this into your ‘Code of Conduct’.


reference
http://www.straight.com/blogra/593771/adults-could-learn-something-john-oliver-students-digital-code-conduct
http://go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/johnoliver/About/Pages/Digital-Code-of-Conduct.aspx

Sunday 23 October 2016

Question 8

Digital Health and Well Being

https://za.pinterest.com/renedennison97/digital-health/


Question 7

Digital Security



World Wide Web has many benefits but along with them comes a lot of risks hence comes the nickname Wild Wild Web. Here are the top 5 ricks in 2015:

  • 1.       The Internet of Things

The connection of physical (coffee maker, TV) to the internet

  • 2.       Ransomware

Malware that’s makes you not able to access you pc if infected

  • 3.       Cyber Espionage

Hacking into government computers and selling/giving informant to another country/company

  • 4.       Cyber Theft

Stealing of financial information

  • 5.       Insecure Passwords

Easy to guess passwords like birthday, name just to name a few.
We as the users are mostly to blame for most of the bad things that happen to us on the internet. We have this need to post very minute of our lives on the web. Most of the things we put up for example on Facebook like our hometowns can be used to hack our accounts. Based on the password recovery which asks questions based on person information. You really never know who’s on the internet this days, simple thing like connecting you TV or car to the internet could lead to someone hacking into it and gathering personal information, might even find your house empty. Cyber espionage, information has been the reason for most wars since before technology, technology has just made it so much easier to get. Almost every day you hear about the 3000 deleted emails from Clinton’s private email account, if they can hack into someone in the governments email how safe are we. Ransomware normal everyday people don’t know how to protect themselves from this, most have out of date antivirus software. Cyber theft has taken many victims, many people have fallen for the sms and emails promising winnings and given people account information.
There is a way to be save on the web:

  1. 1.       Have up to date antivirus software

  1. 2.       Don’t have easy to guess passwords and don’t use easy to guess recovery password questions

  1. 3.       Don’t open unknown emails/attachments

  1. 4.       Always make sure you on a save line

  1. 5.       Don’t response to winnings smses/emails if you didn’t enter a competition 



Reference:
http://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/19/top-5-cyber-security-risks-for-2015.html