Mateo, Alberto Nel R.O0BChapter 7: Online AnonymityAmazon Reference: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Information-Computer-Ethics/dp/0471799599Quote: "Anonymity can also be brought about in a variety of ways and there are many purposes, both positive and negative, that anonymity could serve, such as, on the positiveside, promoting free expression and exchange of ideas, or protecting someone fromundesirable publicity or, on the negative, hate speech with no accountability, fraud or other criminal activity."What I expect to learn:I expect to learn about the concept of anonymityReview:Anonymity plays a large part in information privacy. Some people use this privilegeof going online under the cloak of anonymity in good faith. Sometimes, other people can justgo online and send messages to any body and the receiver and sender could never find outabout each other. It is therefore unclear if multiple such messages have been sent by the samesender or if they have the same intended recipient. In this case, it may be useful for the personto establish a unique identifier, called a pseudonym, with the other entity. Examples of pseudonyms are nicknames, credit card numbers, student numbers, bank account numbers,and IP addresses. A pseudonym enables the other entity to link different messages from thesame person and, thereby, the maintenance of a long-term relationship. Although typically pseudonyms do not contain personally identifying information, communication that is basedon pseudonyms is often not classified as "anonymous", but as "pseudonymous" instead. Thiscan occur from a lack of interest in learning the nature of such characteristics, or throughintentional efforts to hide these characteristics. An example of the former would include a brief encounter with a stranger, when learning the other person's name is not deemednecessary. An example of the latter would include someone hiding behind clothing thatcovers identifying features like hair color, scars, or tattoos, in order to avoid identification. Insome cases, anonymity is reached unintentionally, as is often the case with victims of crimesor war battles, when a body is discovered in such a state that the physical features used toidentify someone are no longer present.What I have learned:

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Concept of anonymityIntegrative Questions:

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Why a person might choose to obscure their identity?

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What are the benefactors do not wish?

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For whatever reason do people keep on going online?

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What is Anonymity?

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Why are many illegal reasons to hide behind anonymity?

Chapter 8: Ethical Issues Involving Computer Security: Hacking, Hacktivism, andCounterkackingAmazon Reference: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Information-Computer-Ethics/dp/0471799599Quote: "Aggressive measures are not likely to conduce to the protection of the victim in anyreasonably sophisticated attack.

What I expect to learn:I expect to learn about moral ideals and some ethical principles.Review:I don’t even know where to begin with the ethical issues involving computer security because there are so many of them. Let me just clear up that there is a thing called ethics if you guys out there are not familiar because ethics should be inclined with what you are doingin life. A condition where you can apply this is with your life alone. If you tend to do thingswithout thinking about ethical concerns the you are screwed up because in the first place, weneed some guidelines to follow knowing that freedom is not absolute for if it is, then we willall be bombing each other’s countries arguing who should have own. Intense concern withmy files and my terminal occurred to me after reading this chapter because it made me realizethat there are so many people that can just hack your private files even when your computer is shut off – yes, it does happen – so I made a promise to myself that I have to be morecareful with where I place my files, how I move them, how strong I encrypt them and howaccessible they are because you will never know what might happen. We cannot really attack someone just because we think he or she hacked us because hacking is a skill that peoplemaster first before doing it big and publicly so a mere knowledge about computers likeopening programs and deleting files is not enough. Knowledge about IP addresses, ports,cables, LAN, and other network related functions of your computer should be well thought of and watched because it can be their access point.What I have learned:

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What is Hacktivism?

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Enumerate the communal benefits of benign intrusions.

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Is Hacktivism proper?

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What is The Active Response Spectrum?

Chapter 9: Information Ethics and the Library ProfessionAmazon Reference: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Information-Computer-Ethics/dp/0471799599Quote: "Librarianship as a distinct profession, however, is relatively a recent development."What I expect to learn:I expect to learn the connection between Information Ethics and Library Profession.Review: Libraries are organized depositories of documents have existed at least from the timeof the Sumerians.According to Dowell 2002, librarianship is a distinct profession. With the advent of the printing press, collections of works became larger and more complex, thus creating agreater need for someone devoted to organizing and cataloging such collections.Moral Quality would have been included in what the librarian should be evaluating.Librarians ought to evaluate works based on their possible “moral teaching or effect”Enabling maximal intellectual freedom might imply providing access to all legallyavailable information. Public library collection should fit with the needs of its users, but thissolution is not the panacea that it might appear to be.Librarians must take selections, but on so doing, they face the possibility of personalor political bias entering into the process.Librarians continue today to see their central value as the promoting of intellectualfreedom. Those who promote the values face many challenges. Librarians respond to the factof social injustice within the society it serves.What I have learned:

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Librarian as a source of informationIntegrative Questions:

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What is a Library?

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What are the principles of information technology?

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What is noted when speaking of information technology as whole?

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What is the database of information technology?

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What are the prospects in moral methods of IT?