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CS 6 Lecture 6 – How Good is the Internet?

CS 6 Lecture 6 – How Good is the Internet?. Spring 2014. Notes!. You just had a quiz! Groups must be chosen by Tuesday 4/22 Groups must pick topic by Tuesday 4/29. Internet Good. What are some good things about the Internet?. Globalization. Instant communication E-mail

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CS 6 Lecture 6 – How Good is the Internet?

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  1. CS 6 Lecture 6 – How Good is the Internet?

    Spring 2014
  2. Notes! You just had a quiz! Groups must be chosen by Tuesday 4/22 Groups must pick topic by Tuesday 4/29
  3. Internet Good What are some good things about the Internet?
  4. Globalization Instant communication E-mail Instant Messaging Social Networking Video conferencing Shared documents for collaborative editing Online Games Corporate advantages
  5. Information “Information Superhighway” Term coined by the one and only Al Gore Can access info in a matter of seconds Search Engines Provide access to a vast library of data Newspapers/Magazines Online versions Kindle versions People on covers move Hogwarts Style
  6. Personal Data The Cloud Can store/back up Terabytes of data Won’t die like a hard drive Flash drives and SSD (solid state drives) are more reliable than Hard Drives, but can still fail Online Banking
  7. Data Transfer Can access/download large amounts of data faster and faster Movies Music Television shows Video games Applications specifically to access online content YouTube iTunes Pandora Netflix Steam
  8. Data Transfer iTunes Fun fact 1billionth song downloaded in February 23, 2006 Downloader: Alex Ostrovskyfrom Michigan Prize $10,000 iTunes gift card 20-inch iMac 10 fifth-generation iPods A scholarship set up by Apple at the Julliard School of Music in his name Song: Speed of Sound by Coldplay
  9. Promotion Website creation for businesses Advertise business Display business information Some exist solely on the Internet Anyone can create an internet business eBay PayPal
  10. Activism Start charity organization Provide support to causes you believe in Change.org Kickstarter Let people/companies know how you feel instantly Company boycotts Using #hastags to show support or outrage #paulasbestdishes
  11. Activism
  12. Corporate/Scholar Online courses Online degrees PhD online?? Working from home Online meetings Access to work docs through virtual private networks (VPNs)
  13. Creativity Graphic design User Interface Popularity of GIFs Blogs (both for writing and for art) LiveJournal WordPress (.org & .com) Blogger Tumblr Can show others your creativity Etsy YouTube Vine
  14. Community Find people with similar interests Fandoms Online Dating Fight common cause Social Networks Facebook Twitter Tumblr Shacknews
  15. Spending money Can buy almost anything online Amazon.com Credit Card online stores Airline purchases Costs money to book flights on phone with most domestic carriers Can pay most bills online
  16. Heart healthy Heart race spikes every time you see spoilers for you favorite TV show Just like taking a walk And having a raccoon jump in front of you Or a spider Just like lifting a weight in a CrossFit class One time
  17. Internet Bad What are some bad things about the Internet?
  18. Globalization Instant communication with people you don’t want to communicate with Spam E-mail Emails from Nigerian Princes Or relatives stuck in Panama with no Passport Spam Instant Messaging International Hackers People all over the world can hack “secure” sites
  19. Information Can access info in a matter of seconds Sometimes information you wouldn’t want out Malware Viruses Bugs Heartbleed Newspapers/Magazines Putting print out of business Wrong information Inaccurate news
  20. Information
  21. Personal Data The Cloud Cloud sites can also be hacked Not set up to be secure More people on the internet = less security/privacy Social security numbers Credit Card numbers Passwords Address/Phone # info
  22. Personal Data
  23. Data Transfer Can access/download large amounts of data faster and faster Your personal information Applications specifically to access online content illegally Napster (in the past) MegaUpload (shut down by US Dept. of Justice) BitTorrent
  24. Promotion Ads EVERYWHERE Ads on Facebook Auto-playing ads on Facebook 3 minutes of ads every commercial break HULU!!!!! Pop-up ads Some download Malware to your computer  Personal opinion: Everyone should have AdBlock It’s not perfect, but it’s better
  25. Activism Provide support to causes you believe in that turn out to be fake Let people/companies know how you feel instantly Using #hastags to show support or outrage Get people fired (bad for the people fired) Paula Deen – Food Network Brendan Eich – Mozilla Firefox
  26. Corporate/Scholar Some standards for online courses are lowered Online degrees PhD online?? Work networks can be hacked Corporate document leaks Some people will never need to leave the house Game of Thrones spoilers count as exercise
  27. Creativity Creative Theft Measures to stop creative (and other) theft Opponents say they limit creative license/free speech Protect IP Act (PIPA) Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
  28. Community Find people with “similar interests” Catfishing Illicit activities Pornography Hate groups Hiring hit men… Social Networks make us less personable Facebook Twitter Tumblr Shacknews
  29. Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ2Xe4xrNi4
  30. Spending money Can buy almost anything online Almost too easy to buy things Too easy to spend too much money Online Stores hacked Personal data stolen Credit Card info can be used by someone else within hours Autopay can hide important problems
  31. Spending money
  32. Heart attacks Heart race spikes every time you see spoilers for you favorite TV show Just like taking a walk And having a raccoon jump in front of you Or a spider Just like lifting a weight in a CrossFit class One time
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