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A
computer crime web investigation.
Discussions Questions:
- Explain the difference between
a computer virus, a worm, and a trojan horse. Go to HowStuffWorks.com for your answer.
- Using the same web page,
determine how these viruses, worms, and trojan horses spread.
- Continuing to use HowStuffWorks.com,
discover two ways to keep your computer safer from viruses.
- Have you ever received a computer hoax by e-mail? What did it suggest
that you do, or how did it affect you?
- Spend five minutes
(watch the clock on your computer, this is interesting stuff) reading
about computer hoaxes at the Hoaxbusters web
site. List three things you learned from three different pages on
the Hoaxbusters site.
- You've probably
heard about copyright, but did you know that you already have produced
copyright work of your own? Read through the Copyright
Basics page.
- Pretend that you are writing poetry in Language Arts class today.
When will the poem that you write today enter public domain? (Use
information from the copyright basics page.)
- Why is the date, March 1, 1989, an important day in copyright history?
- What types of works are protected by copyright?
- Are there any works that
are not copyright protected? If
the answer is yes, describe these things.
- What is the "fair use" doctrine?
- Describe a situation where YOU might need to request permission
to use a copyrighted work.
- Read "The
Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics." While these commandments
may seem simple, some of these rules summarize complicated laws that
are in place in the United States. Others simply remind computer users
of what is right and wrong.
- After reading
the Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics, discuss with your computer
buddy which of the commandments that you believe
many people disregard. Do you believe that one of these commandments
is more important, or more serious than the other? If so, which
one(s)?
Your nearing the
end of your web investigation. Now it is time for one final activity.
Continue
for final
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