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Jeff Ratliff

130 million credit card numbers stolen. - 0 views

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SOCIAL security privacy control IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A cyber crime ring has set a new record for the number of credit cards it hacked and compromised -- 130 million.
  • It's a shared responsibility because the payment system is like a giant refinery, with tubes and pipes and valves everywhere.
    • Jeff Ratliff
      Jeff Ratliff on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems: Internet
  • Because the same PIN you use to buy gas at a gas station you use to get cash out of a ATM.
Maliha Rahman

loosing money through ebay - 0 views

computer.howstuffworks.com/efencing.htm

IMPACT business IT SYSTEMS comm sys SOCIAL security policies ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 18 Aug 09 - Cached
  • But as these businesses have grown and gained popularity, security issues have also surfaced. Fears over identity theft, account theft, phishing (typically sending out fake e-mails that copy the appearance of trustworthy Web sites in order to dupe unsuspecting customers into giving out sensitive information) or buying faulty or broken products have always been a problem for eBay.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      Fake, old, broken and unworthy products are sold on this site, making it an unreliable source.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (SOCIAL, Security) People sell items for twice the price and can also steal money from the credit cards issued on this site, in other words theft of identity and account which highly insecure and can also violate privacy.
  • the online auction site eBay.com is the perfect place to find a treasure trove of hard-to-find products and collectibles.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      A communication system through which people purchase needed products and collectibles. (internet website)
  • One of a bidder's worst nightmares is spending lots of money on an item, only to receive the wrong product or nothing at all.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (Impact, Business) Ebay is mainly a site where people do their social/personal business, for example biding and buying clothes and shoes. This can be a great rip of because no one knows how good their purchasing item is. it causes a big loss in their own business
Elvira Russ

BBC NEWS | Technology | A life recorded in bits and bytes - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8206971.stm

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shared by Elvira Russ on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
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  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
    • Bhumika Regmi
      Bhumika Regmi on 19 Aug 09
       
      The plan is that one can include all of their information on to the programme like Gordon Bell. If the system is to fail or have some sort of error, one's privacy as well as security is at stake.
  • in the future we may all be able to offload our own memory into a comprehensive e-memory.
    • Bhumika Regmi
      Bhumika Regmi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Applications
  • Bell, a principle researcher at Microsoft Research, has now written a book about how
    • Bhumika Regmi
      Bhumika Regmi on 19 Aug 09
       
      education
  • "You basically have a great sense of freedom, because you are able to offload your bio-memory, and just commit all of the facts to an e-memory."
  • He said that the time is right for people to take e-memories seriously.
  • "I wouldn't have said this 20 years ago because of the difficulty and the cost to do it. The opportunity now is: it doesn't cost anything to do this."
  • For Mr Bell the benefit of his experiment is simple: it makes him feel better.
  • "I have a reasonably complicated life - so I wanted to find out just how many bits were coming and going, and how to deal with it."
  • His life is kept in a database for a project called MyLifeBits.
  • Elvira Russ on 21 Aug 09
     
    Gordon Bell has digitised his entire life, from shopping receipts to phone calls.
Sanchit Jain

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...18dna.html

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shared by Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Science and the Environment, Politics and Government IMPACT
  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
  • Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
     
    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
Jeff Ratliff

BBC NEWS | Americas | Alarm bells ring over 'sexting' - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8043490.stm

SOCIAL privacy ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 16 May 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Ratliff on 16 May 09
     
    A new teen phenomenon of sending sexually explicit images of themselves via text has led to calls for a change in the law as they face the threat of being classed as sex offenders.
Maliha Rahman

Response to adolescent "sexting" (ars technica) Criterion A - 2 views

arstechnica.com/...entler-response-to-sexting.ars

SOCIAL reliability privacy control IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health education business arts politics ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 13 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Maliha Rahman on 08 Dec 09
     
    This site has the article that i would be writing my portfolio about. Basically it talks about the different consequences and issues that arise due to sexting amongst teenagers.
Omkar Naik

BBC NEWS | UK | Small town 'online crime hotspot' - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8240261.stm

SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT security privacy politics comm sys int systems reliability integrity people

shared by Omkar Naik on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to security company The Third Man.
  • Durham Police say investigations are being hampered because people are told to report fraud to their banks first.
  • Shildon, in the DL area, is a former industrial town with a population of 10,000, and police believe that just one or two people may be responsible for the crime wave.
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