Transcript Why is there Concern about the Effect of the Internet in

Why is there Concern about the
Effect of the Internet in Society?
E-Commerce: Jason Logan
eBay: Ben King
Hacking: Khyle Westmoreland
Censorship: Ben King
E-Commerce
By Jason Logan
E-commerce
• Definition
Electronic Commerce. Refers to the general
exchange of goods and services via the
Internet.
Advantages of E-commerce
• It is a lot more convenient for the user to
shop online it saves time and money.
• The user no longer has to leave his home to
go shopping and waste money on petrol and
parking.
Advantages of E-commerce
• The shopping will then be delivered saving
the effort of transporting goods
• Less time would be wasted going shopping
so there would be more time to do more
important things.
Advantages of E-commerce
• The prices on the internet are often cheaper
than the prices on the high street.
Disadvantages
• Online shopping accounts can be hacked
into and important details stolen.
• Because shopping online is cheaper and
more convenient than going to the high
street there has been a decline in high street
shopping sales.
Disadvantages
• Because shopping and trading online is so
easy it can become addictive and people can
waste valuable amounts of time looking for
a product at the write price.
• An example is eBay an online auction
where people can trade items
http://pages.ebay.com/education/whatisebay/
Disadvantages
• Because of Online auction sites there no
longer is a need for auctions or
pawnshops/brokers. Because online there is
a wider market to sell you product to and
eBay take a smaller amount of commission
than an auction or pawnbrokers. Meaning
more people are likely to buy and sell items
online.
The global addiction
eBay is addictive because
1.
Easy to get on.
2. Easy to use.
3. Nearly anything you want at the
touch of your finger tips.
For example
Why is this a bad thing
Everyone's got loads of debt!
Other shops are going out of business
Wasting time on browsing eBay when they
could be spending time with friends and
family.
Concerns about Hacking
Khyle Westmoreland
Data Security
• Many people are often concerned about the
security of their data when left on a
computer connected to the Internet.
• As the Internet provides a way for
everybody connected to contact everybody
else connected, it provides many security
holes.
Hackers
• Most Internet users know about the
possibilities of hackers accessing their
systems and taking all their data.
• The media portray lots of stories about
private data being stolen by these hackers
and being able to access places like NASA,
etc…
Effect on Society
• Due to the fact the Internet is rather
insecure, added with all the media hype,
there is often a lot of concern from society
about why anybody would trust private data
with and the Internet.
• However, due to all the hype, there is a lot
more concern than is probably necessary.
Becoming Secure
• Despite all the hype, it is often quite simple to
protect yourself from hackers.
• If you’re unfortunate enough to be using
software made by a company who doesn’t
really care that much about you (more about your
cash…), ensure you download all patches and
security updates from the vendor’s website
(everyone knows it’s a pain and that the aforementioned company should
consider this BEFORE releasing their stupid software…).
Staying Secure
• Make sure you install Anti-Virus and antispyware software which will check your
computer for worms and spyware. Always
keep these up-to-date.
• Download and install a browser and an
email client which aren’t so liable to
exploits (www.mozilla.org).
Final Thoughts
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Take the time to become secure
Ditch Micro$oft
Go Open Source
Learn about the world
Don’t use Hotmail
…Or GMail
Exist
The End

(I suppose I should take this opportunity to apologise to the people in this
room who are daft enough to actually *like* Micro$hit…soft. Although
really, I don’t see why I should – they’ve done more damage to the
computer industry than… well, there isn’t anyone else, really, is there? But
still. Accept my apology. Then look at how many gigabytes you need to
download from Windows Update today. Then go Open Source )
PORN
And other censorship
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Porn is not the only thing ever
censored
• Text is censored in certain occasions when
the information is sensitive and should not
be known to certain people.
• Also peoples names in
Court cases are usually
Censored, to protect them
PORN
Porn is censored. Well supposed to be, to
anyone under the age of 18. The
government thinks if anyone under 18 sees
it they will, get mentally
Damaged.
Film
Films have a age rating and people under that
age can not (should not) be able to see that
movie, for it might cause some
physiological damage.
How the internet has changed
work patterns
People now work from home
Where people before worked
at and office, they can now
work from home because of
the internet, they can still be in
contact with all the people
they were before.
Problems with people doing this
It is easier for them, they don’t need to stay in
traffic for hours to get to the office, but its
bad for their health, just sitting there getting
even less exercise than they were before.