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Name your two favorite mobile devices. For each device, discuss how it
has influenced your work or personal life.
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List and describe several reasons why companies are choosing to
outsource business activities.
Some of the major reasons why more and more companies are
deciding to outsource more business activities are listed below:
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1.11. Discuss the issues surrounding information privacy, and how you can
protect yourself.
Some issues surrounding information privacy are protecting data.
This is a huge concern but what can one do to protect this
information and yourself? Privacy is necessary to prevent us from
living in digital glass houses. We did not accept the unsafe
factories built during the Industrial Revolution, so the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was
created.
he United States has enforced some sector-based laws, but
largely has followed self-regulatory models, while the European
Union, Canada and several other countries have enacted widesweeping legislative models. So, in the United States, users need
Notice/Awareness
Choice/Consent: THINK before you share your information with
any site or person.
Do your homework and read privacy policies!
Access/Participation
Integrity/Security: Never log in to your financial assets, such
as online banking sites, from a public network (at hotels,
coffee shops, airports, etc.).
Use different passwords for your finances than for your social
networks and games.
Protect your home computers by making sure your home
network is closed. Otherwise, neighbors, their visitors or even
someone sitting in a car outside your home may access your
network.
Be very careful about giving your Social Security number out
and only do so on a secured network (Look for https, not
http in the website.).
On social networking sites, such as Facebook, make all of your
privacy settings friends only.
Enforcement/Redress
Choose websites that are monitored by independent
organizations.
Avoid leaving cookies on your machine.
Beware of what you post or say online.
Use caution when requesting confirmation e-mail.
1.12. How are the digital divide and computer literacy related?