security and privacy‚ there comes a time when we realize that it is impossible to have it all—especially if we value the added convenience that the lack of digital privacy tends to provide us with. We want our own personal activities to be known only to ourselves‚ and to have control over what we choose to divulge to others‚ but we also enjoy the convenience of targeted advertising on our favorite websites and the ease of social media. These contradicting ideas have given rise to different privacy “cultures”
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Internet fraud is a problem that has become very widespread in recent years. Internet fraud was first monitored by the Internet Fraud Watch organization in 1996. The Fraud Watch has stated that each year after its inception internet fraud has increased. In 1998‚ the Securities and Exchange Commission established the Office of Internet Enforcement to fight online securities fraud which was another sign of how large the problem is becoming (Clausing). Despite the SEC¡¦s efforts this problem has
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How The Internet Has Changed Books The book industry has always been an integral part of society. However‚ recent surges in technology‚ especially the internet‚ have put this industry under pressure and have transformed it into a broader‚ more competitive entity. In the past‚ the book store was the only pace to buy and sell books but these buildings could be soon be obsolete with the introduction of online shopping for books and the more impressive and rapidly growing industry of e-books‚ as seen
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2011 19th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Internet Exchange Points and Internet Routing Mohammad Zubair Ahmad and Ratan Guha Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ Florida Email: {zubair‚guha}@eecs.ucf.edu I. I NTRODUCTION The Internet is a network of Autonomous Systems (ASes) comprising of a complex and complicated ecosystem of networks used for a wide variety of applications. ASes exhibit varied functionality
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Creating‚ celebrating‚ and instrumentalising the online carnival Edited by David Kurt Herold and Peter Marolt Introduction Noise‚ spectacle‚ politics: carnival in Chinese cyberspace David Kurt Herold The Internet in China was developed at about the same time as the Internet in Europe and America‚ but its structures and set-up were quite different. During the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ academic institutions in China began to set up intranets on their campuses that were later connected
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HOW USEFUL IS THEORY IN EXPLAINING THE GROWTH OF INTERNET RETAILING? Internet Retailing is the most groundbreaking and challenging innovation for the retail industry since the last two decades. It offers a new kind of distribution channel and incomparable options of collecting customer data and analysing buying patterns. Since it readiness for the market‚ online retailing has seen remarkable growth rates and begins to gain a significant share of total retail sales which results in a fundamental
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When people think about privacy and the internet‚ what do they think? Do they feel secure? Or‚ do they feel vulnerable when it comes to using the internet at their house or in a public place? The answer to some of these questions may surprise people because some think they are completely safe at home on their home networks. But the truth is‚ your security/privacy is taken advantage of on the daily basis by companies and third parties. In today’s online market‚ some of the best companies do not
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Internet censorship (Is it possible to keep children safe from potential internet dangers?) by: Eko Setiyo Utomo The Internet has become a part of modern life style for most people. In developed countries‚ most people use the internet at home. Children can access the internet for everything‚ from playing games‚ to doing schoolwork‚ to chatting with friends via e-mail‚ to surfing the web. Most online services provide children with a vast range of resources such as encyclopedias‚ current events
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Introduction to Employee Privacy Rights This section of the employee handbook is provided as a guideline for employees to understand the company policy and procedures regarding privacy in the workplace. While this section cannot address every possible scenario that may occur‚ the general policy will serve as a basis of understanding the key workplace issues and employee privacy. This section addresses privacy issues related to personal background information‚ off-work activities‚ and the corporate
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The Birth of Napster To The Death of Privacy One of the most debated issues before our society is the issue of internet privacy. Privacy is such a valued concept that in today ’s world we pay good money in order to keep intruders out of our computer systems and out of our lives. Peer-to-Peer downloading is a major factor to the internet privacy issue. Peer-to-Peer downloading (also known as "file sharing") is considered by Microsoft to be "the act of making files on one computer accessible
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