Group items tagged

A possibility for Paper 2. Can you add the tag 6.0_paper_2 Mark?

"THE New South Wales Government is quietly compiling a mathematical map of almost every adult's face, sharing information that allows law enforcement to track people by CCTV. "

The District of Columbia recently invited hacking attempts to test their new e-voting system. Less than two days later the system had been completely compromised: Candidates were altered Votes were altered Future votes could be redirected or blocked Voting records were viewed Secret voter IDs and PINs were viewed The hackers also found evidence of in-progress attacks from Iran and China.

The New Scientist's technology section has a lot of useful information, and a lot of it very easy to understand too. A useful source for articles for discussion, the technology section also breaks down into smaller topics like Computer Crime, Robotics, and Weapons. Some of the "Instant Expert" guides in here are well worth using in class, and some of the articles may also be suitable for Paper 2. (subscription required for some articles)

Thieves are gathering personal information from social networking sites and using it for criminal attacks.

Source of articles for Paper 2.

Source of articles for Paper 2.

Excellent source of news articles.

An article about the use of biometrics to authenticate gun owners. Weapons come with fingerprint sensors built in and will fire only for the authorised owner. The article also covers some of the problems of biometrics - the system claims to be 95% accurate - which is still not enough for use by the military or police officers.

Phishing attack nets 3 million euros of carbon permits

"About 6,000 students in Norway are doing exams on their laptops in a trial that could soon be rolled out across the country."

This looks interesting also for Paper 2. Perhaps you could add a tag 6.0_paper_2 Madeleine

"Hospital patients are used to wearing wristbands. But now those bands have gone high-tech."

Also good for Paper 2 (6.0_paper_2)

"Charity backs dementia taggings. The number of dementia sufferers is predicted to soar Proposed nelectronic tagging of people with dementia, with their agreement, has been backed by a charity."

Also good for Paper 2 [6.0_paper_2]