Security
For our classroom assignment we were given
a couple of websites to explore and read.
The first dealt with computer viruses www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm
and the second one on internet etiquette.
www.albion.com/netiquette/.
When it comes to computer viruses all I can
say is, I know deep down inside there is a special place in _ _ _ _ for
computer virus writers! My family has
been the victim of computer hackers and it has cost us much time and
money. These costs come in many
forms. With a simple virus that causes adware
or spyware you lose time and productivity while working on computers, with
phishing and password grabbers you can be out real money like we were when
someone stole our Apple ID with a keystroke type virus. Then you are out the time and headaches of
dealing with banks and other business to get your money back. To help solve this problem we went out and
bought the latest and greatest antivirus software at Walmart. In the end we got our money back that was
stolen (took nearly 2 weeks) but were still out $100 in software and many hours
of time. When you multiply this by a
thousand people a day you get a lucrative business that is very hard to stop.
As for security, my husband works in
engineering and is a PC user and of course this is one of the reasons why we
have had some of these problems. As the
website explained most viruses are windows based. My school has Macs and we have not seen the
problems there like I have had at home.
We have other security measures in place at school that reduces our
exposure, like changing our passwords frequently and our mail goes to an
outside company that scans and scrubs our mail before it’s delivered.
As for netiquette, I think this webpage
should be mandatory for all internet users.
There is a time a place for almost everything in this world, but message
boards and social media sites are not one of them. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind to read about
your kid losing their first tooth and I can even handle you posting ten dog
videos a day. Then there are the people
who think its ok to post their whole marriage falling apart on Facebook with
name calling and finger pointing. Message
boards are not much better, you have people chiming in on topics that they have
no personal knowledge of, they just heard a talking point on the 6 o’clock news
and now they are an authority on the matter.
My solution to both these problems has been the block button and it’s
worked so far.
This security problem stems from a lack of
personal interaction. We have become a
keyboard society. It’s easy to critique,
steal and cause mayhem from a hundred or a thousand miles away. People will do and say things they NEVER
would face to face with another person. Right
now, we as a society are more cautious and are taking measures to protect
ourselves BUT unfortunately it is still occurring. Maybe one day it will be better, but in the
mean time we have to continue to have security practices in place in virtually
every aspect of our lives so that we don’t become a victim.
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