Digital Law and Ethics in South Africa
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This blog page is about educating first year students about digital law and ethics in South Africa. This is important for the betterment of everyone’s experience when browsing the internet; the more graduates that become aware of the many ethical issues surrounding the internet the more likely it is that issues caused by unawareness will not occur.
Digital Law and Ethics in South Africa
3y ago
First of all, to prevent admin access to my website I’d need a good password. An auto-generated string of random characters is always safe.
I suppose I could also make use of a VPN to secure data sent from me to the server but I’m sure WordPress has it’s own local encryption methods.
Unfortunately, none of the actual website’s data is stored locally and is edited and stored online. So, if WordPress was hacked, I really can’t do much about it. However, I do believe that WordPress’ security is top-notch and have confidence it won’t be hacked anytime soon.
I may also make use of a more secure bro ..read more
Digital Law and Ethics in South Africa
3y ago
Websites such as Facebook or Twitter address the four types of privacy (physical, mental, decisional, informational) in their privacy policy using these methods:
Users are able to make different aspects of their profile public or private. They themselves choose what to share or not.
Users are allowed to report any malicious behavior towards themselves by reporting the offender’s profile.
Users can block any accounts that they find are suspicious. These accounts will no longer have access to any information about the user.
DMs (direct messages) are not monitored but are encrypted to ensure no ..read more
Digital Law and Ethics in South Africa
3y ago
Hi, my name is Trevor and I’m currently studying a Bachelor’s in Computer Sciences and Application Development. The modules include programming, database design, website development, digital law and ethics, mathematics, and programming and logic design. My hobbies include gaming and programming. Also, I’m not a big fan of social media, mainly because of how easy it is for people to obtain information about you, friends or not ..read more