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brief analysis march 3 Jen

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1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. Business, Leisure 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. IT users, mainly the ones who access social networking sites through mobile devices smart phone/tablet users, the business companies. 3. Identify one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. The digital Divide and the Equality of Access / Globalization and Cultural Diversity 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. The tablets that offer internet as well as phone features play an important role in making the system work. The tablets offer a larger screen for the access compared to mobile phones, and it is challenging business companies and sites to remake their site into different various resolutions to fit all the new screen sizes. This affects the software of the program as well as the use of internet to connect to these sites. These sites offer personal and public communications through sites like Facebook. Social Networking - the grouping of individuals who have joined together to form a virtual community or neighborhood subdivision. Smart Phone: the "smart" mobile device that offers more advanced connectivity than the normal contemporary feature phone. 5. If possible, describe a solution to the concern (issue). Users around Thailand are now being more connected online besides the rural areas where cable TV have a larger impact. Having governmental or commercial groups to try and build signal towers as well as spread the awareness of the use of mobile phones and decreases who uses the internet, and who doesn't.

Video project from M12 after the IB exams. That's all.

Summary m12 oct 27 soo

Currently many people are using social networking to express their thoughts and emotions. The most well known social networkings are Facebook and Twitter. Many people in the world post their status, most posts are not significant but some have valuable information. This posts are representing nation's mood. So some companies like DataSift and Gnip are using Twitter as data plaforms. These companies are colleting all the information from the Twitter. When people updates their status, these companies collect all the information from the status which contains some feedback about companies' products. This brings good effects to company however, others raised question of privacy concerns. The companies are not ask and get information to individuals, most of the users raised question about individual privacy.

Explain the type of attack and possible security measures to prevent it. m12 nov 8 jenny

The type of attack was a phishing attack that involved sending e-mails that had attachments, that when opened, will install a Trojan horse code into the person's computer. From there, the Trojan horse will be able to locate and copy files to another part of the computer system where they will be extracted back to the hacker who performed the attack. Possible Security Measures to Prevent it: Don't open e-mail attachments unless you know they are from a trusted source, especially attachments containing extensions .exe, .ink, and .vbs. Always have your security software up to date. http://sync.sympatico.ca/how-to/computing/how_to_prevent_a_trojan_horse_infection/a1487f14 Customize your firewall settings for your browser to filter out content. (Default is usually all, but choose to "limit" your connection so that it limits the connection to possible attackers).

Explain what it means to stop secure certificates and why it was done. M12 sept 13 Kuni

To stop secure certificates means to temporarily stop issuing authentication certificates to secure websites because the certificates have been compromised meaning that people's personal confidential information has been stolen. It was done to investigate the claims of a hacker that he had issued false certificates. It was suggested that personal emails in Iran and government emails in Holland had been compromised, probably for political reasons.

What is Anonymization and how does it work? march 11 cream

Anonymization can be defined as the act of making anonymous onto a person who accesses to the Internet. According JAP as it describes in the article, JAP makes it possible the Internet anonymously. The system is like how you wont get tracked by hackers.

What might you use? march 25 soo

I might use Adobe Buzzword, BibMe and 4 shared. For example Adobe Buzzword is helping me to write document on desktop therefore I can prepare my report or essay perfectly with free cost. BibMe is making citations in MLA format automatically so I don't have to spend my time writing and sort out about citation formatting. 4 shared is good program which gives all users free 5 GB of storage. So that I can save my work and I don't have to bring my USB all the time and if there is internet access, I can access to the internet and work on my work which saved in 4 shared.

brief dec 2 cream

Bangkok Post: Virtual mall opens its doors www.bangkokpost.com/...virtual-mall-opens-its-doors 1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. Digital citizenship and people + machines / Home and leisure 2. Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system. Broadband technologies, 3D shopping, people individuals online shopping / Designer Companies, Online Shoppers, Ubermall 3. Identify one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. Security 4. Describe ITGS terminology and systems. The ITGS terminology and systems is concerned to the virtual 3D online shopping. The site will allow shoppers to build new relationships by chatting with sellers and fellow customers. online 3D virtual world promoting businesses and tourist attractions that represent the country's "creative economy" policy. The new online shopping has opened in Thailand and it is likely 3D virtual mall. Shoppers can fill up their currency at anytime on the Internet by that currency software. 5. If possible, describe a solution to the concern (issue). The issue in this article is that this action will increase the economic issue and the business can increase their amount of products. " The company is also expanding its presence to Facebook, at apps.facebook. com/taraddotcom, in an effort to bring together its merchants and offer them the chance to sell their products through the world's most popular social network, in what is described as the first example of "social commerce" in Asia. However, there should be some security for payment online, which means that the site must be more secured in term of policy.

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Links for ITGS articles

Who is reading our tweets? Interesting info. m12 october 10 jenny

Who is reading our tweets? Sociologists at Cornell University, as well as research teams around the world are ready our tweets to see the change in biological patterns in the days of the week, as well as the hours of the day.

article analysis march 29 soo

1. Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to. This article is related to Heath problems 2. Identify all the ITGS terminology and phrases (IT and Social/Ethical) Video conferencing system=A form of synchronous learning in which two or more locations are connected through live video to facilitate collaboration and information sharing, unified communications, Wi-Fi, Mobile IP, RFID, translator, smart phones, Telemedicine, electronic, portable camera 3. Describe one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article. Internet access and privacy problems, digital divide and internet access equality 4. Describe the relationship of the main stakeholders to the IT system. Main stakeholders : doctors, patients Doctors can now look at each patient over the system, without physically being there with their patient. What this basically means that it can input the symptoms of the patient through a computer, rather than writing it up on paper. The advantage of the system is that doctors and patients don't need to travel to each others' place just to get looked at, because it can all be done via video conferencing. 5. Explain the relationship between the IT system and the social/ethical issue identified in question 3. The issue of reliability is related to the IT System (software and internet) in which the software relies on the internet connection. Therefore, if the internet connection fails to work properly, the software would not be efficient, and thus not reliable. 6. Discuss at least one problem that relates to the impacts of the social/ethical issue. The major problem that will arise from the impact of the reliability concern are the patients' lives. The patients lives would be in danger if the doctor diagnoses the illness incorrectly, and prescribes medication incorrectly. Wrong doses of certain medical treatments would be a threat to the patients' lives. 7. Evaluate one solution that addresses the problem identified. A solution that has been done is

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Summary m12 nov 2 jenny

Foxconn's employment ways have come to light. With suicide cases of their workers jumping out of the window. Foxconn say that they will be replacing a large amount of human labor with robots by 2012. And that they will move the workers up the value chain beyond basic manufacture working to increase productivity and innovation. However, it's for sure that some workers will be losing their jobs. Because of China's economic development, the costs are increasing, and whether or not they will be able to maintain a cheap "China price." Some may consider moving to other Asian countries for cheaper labor. However, Germany's Mittelstand firm that has a highly automated manufacturing system is just as competitive with China, but it isn't worried. Chinese authorities will continuously monitor the situation of how China will come to develop similarly to the West.

Sue Describe BGP. How does the BGP affect ISPs? Feb 4

 Describe BGP - BGP is the border gateway protocol, the protocol at the core of the internet's routing mechanism. BGP performs interdomain routing in Transmission-Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks. BGP is an exterior gateway protocol (EGP), which means that it performs routing between multiple autonomous systems or domains and exchanges routing and reachability information with other BGP systems. - Control the pathways  How does the BGP affect ISPs? - BGP glues all ISPs and their large customers together to form the Internet. Besides traditional routing, BGP also supports routing for new IP services such as Multiprotocol Label Switching Virtual Private Network (MPLS VPN). - Without BGP information provided by Egyptian networks, the rest of the world has no way to connect with the country's ISPs or its Web sites. Nor do its citizens have a way to reach sites or services beyond its boundaries. - "The Egyptian government has instructed the ISPs whether state owned or sate licensed, to withdraw their BGP announcements that tell other routers how to reach those ISPs" -

Why is the US introducing a bill to limit tracking? Explain problems with implementing a no-tracking law. may 17 jen

Why is the US introducing a bill to limit tracking? The US is introducing a bill to limit tracking because practically every website you visit keep track of at least some activity for some conventional purposes, while some aren't (such as preventing you to vote twice in a poll). With this bill, the users will be able to have the Do Not Track option while visiting the website. Explain problem with implementing a no-tracking law. The problem with implementing a no-tracking law is that once the law is passed, users will still have a hard time of knowing whether or not a site is tracking them. Not all sites will honor the no-tracking law, and because they don't honor it, they probably won't tell their users' that they're still being tracked, along with what information is being gathered for what purpose.

Why are iphones tracking people? april 28' cream

Why are iphones tracking people? This is the issue of storing user's location data in unencrypted file. The file, named "consolidated.db," is an unencrypted SQLite database that can be found in the devices' file systems and in the iOS backup files created and updated by iTunes every time an iPhone or 3G iPad is synced. Since, we know that Apple is actually collecting location and some information on iphone that's why iphone is not safe at all. Although the file isn't immediately accessible on the device itself, it can be accessed on a jailbroken device via the iTunes-generated backup file. It also could potentially be accessed using other tools that allow you to explore an iOS device's file system while it's attached to a computer.

brief may 17 soo

- Identify the area of impact the scenario relates to Home and Leisure, Business and e-commerce - Identify the main stakeholders to the IT system People who are using Facebook, Facebook Company and Application Company - Identify one ITGS social/ethical concern in the article Security, Privacy - Describe ITGS terminology and systems  Facebook Application= Apps on Facebook.com are web apps that are loaded in the context of Facebook. You can build your app using any language or tool chain that supports web programming, such as PHP, Python, Java or C#.Apps on Facebook.com are loaded into a Canvas Page. A Canvas Page is quite literally a blank canvas within Facebook on which to run your app. You populate the Canvas Page by providing a Canvas URL that contains the HTML, JavaScript and CSS that make up your app.  http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/canvas/  Symantec= Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.  http://kb.iu.edu/data/agzf.html - If possible, describe a solution to the concern (Issues) Facebook should enhance the security systems and authentication systems. User's personal information was leaked because they didn't work hard to manage transferring user's account to application systems. Therefore, it is better to enhance and put more effort to the transferring process.

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Create and administer a consumer-like survey with google and administer it to the class then share the results. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=wxha6fNBDpk&feature=endscreen Pick a topic like: Choosing a phone or laptop. This is a team project. Team:  Palm Chut Tik  Champ April 11

We need to pay if we want to create a survey. $100 is the minimum