Caleb's ICT work: 2012

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

D1 What are the risks and safety issues of the internet

Bad things
Key loggers could access your information.
People could pose as a bank and steal your details.
You will receive lots of spam email.
You could be cyber-bullied.
You could become addicted.

You could keep Key loggers away by installing anti-virus.
Be careful who you're talking to and don't give details away.
Keep spam in a junk folder and don't access it.
Alot of social networking problems (cyber bullying) could be solved by blocking the person.
You could not become addicted by not always staying on the computer at all times.

P6

Good points about going paperless.

* You won't need to spend money on paper.
* Less trees will be cut down.
* You can save your files on a computer, so you know you won't lose them.
* You can send emails across the world.
* Save precious details as computers are more secure.
* Communication across the world
* Send letters faster.
* Other people can't access your files if you have a password.
* You are not contributing towards global warming, as less trees will be cut.

Bad things about going paperless.

* Alot of the worlds most known information is recorded on paper.
* You won't receive 'spam' emails.
* You won't receive emails where unknown people pretend to act as a bank to receive your details.
* People could get cyber bullied.
* Higher electricity bill.
* Documents that used to clutter your office, now clutter your computer.
* Going paperless could slow your computer down.
* You could become addicted to the computer and lose your social life.