Ethical

                                       Ethical

Recent “leaks” of information via Twitter/facebook – how do they affect society?

Leaks of information could be good and bad for people and the society, leaks of information that spread through websites such as facebook/twitter could have huge affect on the society because people could put anything about someone or thing and that could be true or false information but in some way it will cause affect on that person or in society which could disturb people even if they are not involved and also people could put off using such website that causes people to believe about something that might not be true.
Recent leak example is that in London riots, two man were jailed for four months after telling friends "Let's start Bangor riots" on Facebook
Reference http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14657456

Do we always know when people are tracking our activities on the web?

We are not always sure who is and who it’s tracking us on the web, so it is important to keep your personal information to yourself and not to use it too much on web for example when you do online shopping or on online banking, you would need to use your credit card and hackers could track or see what is your credit card number, or bank details and can use it to take all your money out and they can put you in some trouble, that you did not do, so it’s important not to use credit card too much on the web. You could also use firewalls and anti viruses software to stop people tracking your actives web and to stop hackers breaking into your computer

Is it fair that some older people or young children can’t afford access to the internet and so miss out on vital services?

My point of view is that it’s not fair on old people or young children that can't afford internet and so they miss out on vital services. Young children might need the internet the most because they will have work or assignments to do so there for they would need to have access to internet in order to do their school/college work. They might need internet to watch movies and to be in contact with their friends, so it’s not fair that they can’t do their work or talk to their friends because they can’t afford internet and also young children will miss out vital information such as important news of their interest, any events where they live. The same go with old people that can’t afford internet, they would need internet for news, talk to family or friends using social websites and they will miss out vital services for old people that might be provided online, also they wouldn’t know much about things going on in their local area. So it’s not fair on young children and on old people that miss out all the things for not being able to afford internet and imagine what would you miss out if you couldn’t afford access to internet?