A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There
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Hacking Into Harvard Author’s Name Instructor’s Name Hacking Into Harvard According to the nonconsequentialist approach proposed by the German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant‚ an action has moral worth if and if only‚ it stems from a sense of duty. Kantian ethics do not account for contingencies and possible consequences of actions. Moreover‚ the moral principles behind the actions must have universal applicability. In other words‚ it must be binding on all rational beings‚ irrespective
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yet effective solution to their problem. Recently‚ an idea of using electrical current to stimulate the brain has emerged on a popular social news and discussion website. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)‚ now popularly called “brain hacking”‚ is said to not only help those battling depression‚ epilepsy and other similar conditions but also to improve concentration‚ memory and mental abilities of healthy individuals. The process is quite simple‚ it uses two electrodes‚ cathode and anode
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1. Workstation and Desktop devices are prone to viruses‚ malware‚ and malicious software‚ especially if the user surfs the Internet and World Wide Web. Given that users connect to the Internet and World Wide Web‚ what security countermeasures can organization implement to help mitigate the risk caused from viruses‚ malware‚ and malicious software? a. Up to date anti-virus software and updated firewall. 2. Your employees e-mail file attachments to each other and externally through the organization’s
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card secure?? .In the world of crime‚ a new crime has taken birth and it is Credit Card hacking. What you know about credit card hacking? It is simply awesome or a night mare but it can happen. Many people are unaware that when they give their credit card‚ it can be hacked. There are many ways by which the card can be hacked. Some are here for general purpose. The most common way of credit card’s hacking is quite easy and almost safe. When someone gives his card to any retailers for payment
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and The Inbetweens of Hacking “During a three-day period in February 2000‚ some of the most high-profile sites on the World Wide Web were temporarily knocked out of service.”(Issues and Controversy) This quote is one of the many that show the down side to hacking. A hacker is a person who takes pleasure in understanding the internal workings of a systems. This does not necessarily classify hackers as bad. There are good hacking and bad hacking. But on the subject of hacking‚ its unclear whether
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and the overly dramatized hacking‚ Hackers is a great movie to watch. 2. 23 Unlike most of the plots on this list‚ 23 is based on a true story. It follows the tale of an orphan called Karl Koch. Karl puts all of his inheritance into getting an apartment and a home computer that he quickly uses to connect to a group of young computer hackers based in Germany. Although he begins the films by posting forum comments about conspiracy theories‚ he quickly moves on to hacking the computers of the military
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The Watergate scandal had everything. Nixon disgraced the presidency by lying to the country and abusing his power and his committees were involved in illegal acts and a big cover up‚ all leading to little side roads of corruption and lies. Watergate is by far one of the worst presidential scandals in the history of the United States. In the story of Watergate‚ five burglars were found breaking into democratic offices at the Watergate complex in Washington DC. The break-in was passed off as just
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ESSAY ABOUT HACKING Cyber crime is not a new thing that we hear today. It occurs all over the world including our country‚ Malaysia. Every day‚ these cyber criminals are increasingly showing their true colors. Many people have become their prey. One of the cyber crimes that are really popular is hacking. The causes of hacking are the hacker himself. They can do anything including hacking others computers and personal details. This happened when they feel depressed‚ jealous‚ and
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found to be a crime scene in the early 70’s. Now the word “Watergate” has many definitions‚ such as: bribery‚ conspiracy‚ obstruction of justice‚ phone tapping‚ tax fraud‚ etc. However the above all watergate is synonymous with abuse of power. The exact reasoning a distraught economy four years two years after this scandal took place. The watergate scandal is one of the most infamous crimes to date in U.S history. The break-in took place early in the Watergate building in Washington D.C. one morning
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