VOCAB
- List some beneficial and harmful effects of the internet
- it can be biased but also can provide useful information to people, lack of privacy
- computing bias
- When computers or programs show bias because the way that it was made
- crowdsourcing
- Asking people for help or ideas over the internet
- citizen science
- When people collect data to help scientists by doing simple research tasks
- creative commons
- A way for creators to let others use their work legally
- Open Source Code
- Software that anyone can use for free
- Python is open-source code
- Linux is open-source code
- Safe Computing
- Keeping your computer and info safe from hackers
- Encryption
- Scrambling data in way that only people that are supposed to can read it with a key
- Public Key Encryption
- A secure way to send messages using two keys, a public and a private one
- Malware
- Software designed to hard your computer
- Computer Virus
- A type of malware that spreads or infects other programs or files
- Phishing
- Tricking people to give their personal information by pretending to be someone else
- Keylogging
- Recording what you type on your keyboard often in an attempt to steal data
- Rogue access point
- A wireless access point that has been installed on a secure network without explicit authorization from a local network administrator, whether added by a well-meaning employee or by a malicious attacker
Encryption
Symmetric Encryption
- Just one key which is shared between the sender and the receiver
Pros:
- It’s fast and efficient especially for large amounts of data