Question

what is social impacts of IT

Answer 1

Information technology is playing a crucial role in the society. It has transformed the whole world into a global village with a global economy. As technology has advanced, the way in which privacy is protected and violated, has also changed. Computer ethics is a set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers. Some common issues of computer ethics include, intellectual property rights (copyrighted), privacy concerns and how computers affects the society. A cyber-attack is an attempt to track the online movements of the individuals without their permission. Attacks of this type may be undetectable to the end user. Spamming refer rs to commercial advertisements distributed online. Most spam comes to people via email, can also be found in online chat rooms and message boards. A computer virus is a program that reproduces its own code by attaching itself to other executable files. Hackers are persons who enjoy gaining knowledge about computer systems and use this knowledge for playing pranks. Crackers are malicious programmers who break into secure systems. A virus is a malicious program that spreads from computer to computer and can replicate itself. Most viruses are spread by email attachments. Antivirus software detects, prevents against malicious software programs such as viruses and worms. Antivirus software scans and monitors files as they are open or downloaded from internet or other sources. Backups protect against failures like hardware failure, accidental file deletion etc. Backups are useful for routine administrative purposes.