Chapter 6: Computer and Network Security

I enjoy reading about virus. I do remember some viruses. Several times during school, our technology person would warn us about an attachment in our e-mail. We experience a computer crash at our home.
My grandson used our computer and visited several internet sites that could have cause our crash. They had to reprogram our computer. I do not open any e-mail from a person I don't know. I delete every e-mail without reading them.

I believe there should be tougher penalities to those who e-mail viruses.
Some people from the book paid a fine and probation. Some of them continue to create viruses. Some of these people have tampered with freight trains and Amtrak schedules. Companies have lost time and money to reprogram their systems. I read that a person spend only eight months in jail and probation. There are people who will say "Go arrest murderers." If we do not act now with tougher penalities, these people could be become murderers. Prevention is the key.

Chapter 5: Privacy

There is a great problem in our society. Public information and personal information are very close to intersecting each other. Some credit companies send privacy statements on their policy. These companies are probably the only ones we know that respect our privacy. I wonder what those companies that we don't receive any comments on privacy do with our data.

These companies should give us a choice whether we want our information to pass to others. We also want to know to where our information is going. There should be laws to protect us in these areas.

In the book it says our personal information can become public by involuntary disclosure. I am going to be more careful in filling out forms.
I might consider not to enter contest or check out the form more carefully. I usually don't enter contest because there is always a promotion to sell a product.