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Tablet computers and smartphones - handheld devices Some other popular ways to group people:
that extend the portability of laptops and netbooks. Hacker - someone who find ways to defeat computer
security measures or go around them.
Personal computers - helps you do research, provide
recipes for your mother and so. Script kiddie - immature cracker who reuses scripts and
programs developed by other hackers to break through
E-mail - an online communication through the internet security systems in the internet.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - imaging technique Hacktivist - hacks into computer systems or networks for
that produces high quality images of the human’s body’s political or social reasons.
internal organs.
Web defacer - someone who accesses websites with poor
Ultrasound machine - helps detect pregnancy problems for security controls and manipulate their contents.
the mother or abnormalities in the unborn baby as early as
possible. Cracker - hacker who has malicious or criminal intentions.
Also called as black-hat hackers.
Examples of optical storage devices:
-CDs Warez - cracked software
-DVDs
-Blu-ray discs Pirate - one who copies or distributes copyrighted software
illegally.
Online banking - transferring funds electronically, buy and
sell stocks, make balance inquiries, pay bills using credit Troll - someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-
card topic messages in an online community with an intent of
provoking.
Automated teller machines - machine used to deposit and
withdraw money Softlifting - sharing a software program with others.
Smart card technology - stores information on a magnetic Hard-disk loading - unauthorized copies of software to
strip at the back of the card. entice buyers
Lesson 2: Doing Right with Computers Counterfeiting - software is copied onto storage media and
sold; if made available online: online piracy
Computer Ethics - First used by Walter Maner (1978);
trace it from a study by Professor Norbert Wiener (1940s)
Lesson 3: Personalized for You