click a button‚ everything done online can be seen by anyone. Spyware is a software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge‚ and usually without consent. One opinion of spyware is highlighted in Harlan Coben’s essay‚ “The Undercover Parent” (2008). It claims that parents should install spyware in their
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parents should have conversations about their concerns with their teenagers ‚and let them know spyware is a possibility. The Author supports and develops the thesis by putting enough evidence to the article. He also supports the thesis by convincing people to use spyware is a possibility. The author talks about parents using spyware on their teens.Another thing coben talks about parents instead of using spyware they need to talk with their teens. He also talks about many teens not talking face to face
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“Undercover Parent”. He suggests that parents should put spyware on their child’s computers‚ or other electronic devices‚ to monitor their Internet usage‚ activity‚ and safety. Now some may say that this is an invasion of privacy‚ but others disagree and say that it will benefit your child. Throughout the article‚ Coben presents information about the pros and cons of spyware. In my opinion‚ I both agree and disagree with Coben’s argument on spyware. First‚ the reason as to why I agree with Coben is
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What is the important of spyware? In the article “The Undercover Parents” by Harlan Coben in March 16‚ 2008 reports that parents should put spyware on their children’s social network. Most parents put spyware on their kids to monitor their kid’s behavior‚ or keep them from danger or harmful places. Coben’s purpose of writing this article is to persuade the readers to spyware their kids online to protect their kids from danger or harmful online websites‚ or to keep their children on track with their
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argues that parental use of spyware to monitor a child’s activities on the computer. The essay begins with Coben showing his initial apprehension towards the use of spyware stating‚ it’s an “invasion of privacy.” Coben mentions that his‚ as well as many other parents‚ hesitation may have started from the word: spyware. Nevertheless‚ as the essay continues on Coben’s views‚ on the subject‚ change. He says that some parents overprotect their children and might abuse the spyware programs‚ but most parents
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Spyware Should Not Be Needed The argument Harlan Coben has presented in his article‚ “The Undercover Parent”‚ is that it is acceptable to equip your child’s computer with spyware. Coben gives several reasons as to why parents should install spyware on their child’s computer. One reason‚ that a child could “unknowingly be conversing with a pedophile.” However‚ I disagree with the writer’s argument due to it being inconsistent and inaccurate. Parents should not install spyware on their child’s computer
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1. Do you understand how to secure your computer since you reviewed the material? Explain your answer. Yes‚ after reviewing the material I understand how to secure my computer. First‚ I should keep my operating system and all software up to date‚ have a firewall and antivirus software‚ use strong passwords‚ use protection devices such as surge protectors‚ back up data‚ and follow guidelines to limit unauthorized access and use to my computer. The most important part of computer security is me‚ the
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A Critique of “The Undercover Parent” by Harlan Coben I have talked with some of my friends about “Should parents install spyware on the computer to inspect their kids?” All of them think that was not an appropriate way. One of them‚ Tonya Steel said‚ “It makes me sick that parents can put spyware on computer to stalk their kids.” She didn’t mean the software that just blocks porn sites; she just couldn’t accept the one that record every keystroke‚ every page clicked on even every msn convo. Tonya
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different threats that were found which were moved to the virus vault. The window defender was used to verify the different infections and spyware that were found in the virtual machine. Malware and spyware are growing trends in the world of technology. It is good to know the steps to take just in case your system is infected with these nasty malicious malware and spyware. This is a screenshot of the number of threats that were identified by the scan. Screen shot
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Topic 1: Write an essay discussing the pros and cons of hiring known hackers to test the security of a system. Nowaday‚ hacker is someone makes the technology’s life to be more interesting. The term hacker has evolved over the years and been growing. For years there existed a fuzzy distinction between good and bad computer hackers‚ or we also call them white hat and black hat hackers. Whether they are good or bad‚ we can’t negate they don’t have any influence on the development of technology. Hiring
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