Strand 1 Social and ethical significance
Reliability and Integrity
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Security
- Refers to the protection of I.T systems, hardware, software, networks and machines from unauthorized users
- Encryption is usually the best method of security
Privacy and Anonymity
- Privacy
- Anonymity
- Extreme form of privacy, this is a term used when one wants to stay completely enclosed and does not want any personal details shared with others.
Intellectual Property
- This issue includes creations of the mind, when plagiarized, one would call it an invasion of intellectual property
- Example
- When someone takes credit for your writing.
- Example
Authenticity
- Authenticity is referring to the establishment of the users identity beyond reasonable doubt.
- Used a lot in business and technology
- Example to differentiate: I authenticate my iPhone using a password
Digital Divide and Equality of Access
- Equality of Access
- People not having the money to use technology.
- Digital Divide
- Closely related to equality of access, it is the division of I.T systems
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/management-standards.htmPolicies and Standards
- Policies
- Enforceable measures taken that intend to promote appropriate use, usually used by governments and certain companies.
- policy of banning certain websites.
- Enforceable measures taken that intend to promote appropriate use, usually used by governments and certain companies.
- Standards
- Social and technical laws put in place to ensure compatibility of a variety of systems.
- It is a standard to have headphone jacks in an iPhone
- Social and technical laws put in place to ensure compatibility of a variety of systems.
- Protocols
- Laws set up by government to stop certain things from happening
People and MachinesDigital Citizenship
- Whether one is a good digital citizen or not.