Monday, 15 February 2010

What is privcacy protection of the law

Nowadays we use computers and the Internet everywhere - we do our banking, read books, find different kinds of information, plan holidays and more. The list is endless. But on the other side Internet is full of potential risk to our privacy and security. It is like a mirror that shows all tracks of our computer and Internet activity - every time we surf the Internet we leave traces of our Internet activity that can reveal our real-life identity. And anyone even without special computer skills can monitor our surfing habits, banking history and even our personal information like name, phone, address. Everyone has an IP address to communicate on the Internet, IP address is like a telephone number or mailing address. Using your IP it is possible to know your country, city, internet provider and even physical address.
While surfing the Internet browsers keep tracks of our Internet activity in order to provide a more pleasant computer and surfing experience. But these history tracks can compromise our privacy and provide an easy way for others to see what web sites you visited, what you have been searching, downloading, viewing, etc.
Windows and different applications we use keep tracks about your computer activity in order to provide a more pleasant computer experience. But those history tracks can also compromise our privacy and show what you have been doing, searching, downloading, running, saving, what documents and files you have just opened etc.
So while there are lots of things that we have gained from the computer revolution there is a price we have to pay. And the price is our computer privacy. Of course there is no simple solution for this problem. But inactivity is also impossible. There are some simple steps everyone could do. There are different tools available to help us maintain our privacy - anonymous surfing tools, encryption software, clear history software. When your PC is equipped with privacy software, it has the greatest chance of surviving privacy or security attacks.



Key Provisions of the USA Patriot Act

Key Provision of The USA Patriot Act. SECTIONS. Section 201 - Gives federal officials the authority to intercept wire, spoken and electronic communications relating to terrorism. Section 202 - Gives federal officials the authority to ..

The USA PATRIOT Act's impact on newsgathering is still largely theoretical nearly four years after Congress rushed to enact the law. No newsrooms are known to have been searched and apparently no documents have been taken from reporters under the law -- although those subject to such a search and seizure would be prohibited from talking about it.

Nevertheless, journalists should be concerned about certain provisions of the law, which grant broad new powers to government agents to investigate terrorism and make previous statutory protections for newsrooms almost irrelevant when it comes to terrorism investigations.

What whould you do?

1. You have just been hired as an IT security consultant to"fix the security problem" at a manufacturing company. The company has been hacked mercilessly over the last six months w/ three of the attacks making headlines for the negative impact they have in the firm & its customers. You have been given 90 days an a budget of $1 million where would you begin, and what steps would you take to fix the problem?
-- For me i accept the opportunity that he give me and i give my best being a IT security consultant to fix the security problem and to prove my ability that i have.

2. Your friend just told you that he is developing a worm to attack the administrative system at your college. The worm is "harmless" & will simply cause a massage "Lets Party" to be displayed on the workstations on Friday afternoon at 3 pm. By 4 pm, the virus will erase itself and destroy all the evidence of its presence, what would you say or do?

--if my friend had told me that he is developing worm which will attack the administrative system at our college, i told hem that this kind of activity shows nothing but foolishness.