Cyber Ethics

 

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1. Netiquette represents the rules or guidlines of proper manners and behaviour online.

2. Plagirism is to present the work of another person as one's own work or without proper acknowledgement.

3. Anything you upload to any website should be set to 72 dip.

4. Put your signature or any phrase as a water mark on the image so that no one can try to steal it.

5. The individual's right to privacy refers to the concept that one's personal information is protected from public scrutiny.

6. Privacy of information can be achieved by methods like data encryption, authentication, biometric verfication, security tokens etc.

True or False

1. Intellectual Property Rights are legal rights which result from intellectual activity in industrial, scientific, literary and artist fields. (True)

2. A software license is a document that provides binding guidlines for the use and distribution of hardware. (False)

3. The term "open source" refers to something people cannot modify and share because its design is public restricted. (False)

4. Digital property includes data, Internet accounts, and other rights in the digital world, including contractual rights and intellectual property rights. (True)

5. Digital unity or digital inclusion simply means improving the quality of life and life opportunities of socially excluded people by introducing internet. (True)

6. The term E-commerce fraud is also known as selling fraud. (False)

Short Question and Answers

Q.1. What is Plagiarism? How can you avoid it?

Ans. Plagiarism is to present the work of another person as one's own or without proper acknowledgement. The word plagiarism has been derived from a latin word 'plagium' which means 'kidnapping' and 'plagiarism' which means 'kidnapper'. This term is related to 'literacy theft' or 'stealing' someone else's work and then representing it as one's own original work. Plagiarism is another form of 'fraud'. It comprises of stealing someone else's idea or work and then lying about it later.

You can avoid plagiarism by using the following ways:

1. Understand what Plagiarism is: You should know that plagiarism is not just copying some other person's work but even close imitation of some other's work is also a part of plagiarism. Using synonyms and other word choices is not an excuse to justify plagiarism. You should write a piece of text strictly in your own words and then cite your sources.
2. Acquire knowledge about the subject you want to write: You should understand the subject which you are planning to discuss or write rather than restate someone else's definition of this subject.
3. Acknowledge your source and quotes: You must add bibliography or quote the source in your written material. If you are using some other person's work, then you must quote it and cite it properly.
4. Give credit to your sources: You can quote other person's work by giving credit to his work in the form of acknowledgement or by mentioning his name while quoting it. You are free to use information from other material in your articles, but you must use your own words to express it.

Q.2. What do you mean by intellectual property right?

Ans. Intellectual Property Rights which result from intellectual activity in industrial, scientific, literacy and artistic fields. These right safeguard creators and other producers of intellectual goods and services by granting them certain time limited rights to control their use.

It can be a play, a novel, a product invention, a marketing plan, a logo or many other things. To be intellectual property, the idea must be marketable and valuable in some manner. Intellectual property is handled in the same way as tangible personal property or real property. It can be owned, sold, leased or gifted much like other property.

Q.3. What is the difference between privacy and security of information?

Ans. Privacy of information can be achieved by methods like data encryption, authentication, biometric verification, security tokens etc. Measures undertaken to ensure privacy are designed to prevent sensitive information from reaching the wrong people while making sure that the information goes only in the right hands.

Security not only involves secure data access but fast and adaptive recovery is essential. Extra security equipment or software such as firewalls and proxy servers can guard against any kind of malicious attack.

Q.4. What do you mean by Freedom of Information?

Ans. Freedom of information refers to a citizen's right to access information that is held by the state. In many countries, this freedom is supported as a constitutional right.

Freedom of information was established for transparency, government accountability, education and general public protection against mismanagement and corruption. More than 70 countries with government representation approved the original freedom of information legislation.

Related human rights include freedom of expression, data protection (privacy), freedom of association and right to development.

Q.5. How is digital Unity different from digital Divide?

Ans Digital unity is all about affordable access to information technology, economic development of deprived communities, increasing user IT skills, the creation of relevant web-based content and the inspiration of local communities to lifelong learning. IT encores  that all people living in the society get equal and fair share of technology use is their lines. The digital divide exists between these is cites and those in rural areas or between more or less industrially developed nations.

The divide between differing countries or regions of the world is referred to as the global digital divide.