BENEFITS OF INTERNET TO THE SOCIETY
The internet plays a major role in the society in the following application areas:
Education/E-learning: With the internet, people can get educational materials and read them in preparation for examinations, or use them for school assignments. The internet also enhances electronic learning whereby courses or subjects are taught online using audio and, or visual material.
E- Registration: The internet provides users with facilities for online registration of examinations like WAEC, NECO and JAMB.
Entertainment: The internet kills boredom and enhances leisure by providing its users with latest entertainment in the form of movies, games, news, and many more.
Communication: This is one of the key benefits of the internet. The internet provide many means by which users can communicates with friends, family, colleagues, and more through emails and other social sites like facebook, yahoo massager, 2go, twitter etc.
E-Banking: The internet can be used as a tool to carry out transactions with banks irrespective of user’s location.
E-Commerce: Internet is also a tool for E-commerce. It allows users to buy and sell their goods and services online regardless of their location.
INTERNET SECURITY
Internet security is the practice of protection and preserving private resources and information on the internet. It is a protection to your personal computer from any harmful and malicious spyware.
Its objective is to establish rules and measures to use against attacks over the internet. Different methods have been used to protect the transfer of data including, encryption, use of antivirus software, using firewall, use of passwords that are not disclose to unauthorized users etc.
ABUSE OF INTERNET
Internet abuse is the inappropriate usage of the internet. Below are some of the common internet abuse:
1.Computer crime: A computer crime is any unlawful activity that is done using a computer.
This definition can extend to traditional crimes that are committed with the machine, such as
counterfeiting money, but it also includes more tech –savvy crimes, such as phishing or
logic bombs use of computers in criminal activity
2.Cyber-bulling: Is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person.
3.Spam: Unsolicited e-mail often of a commercial nature.
4. Malware: These are software designed to harm a user’s computer, including computer viruses. Malware is short for malicious software which includes computer viruses, worms, Trojans, adware, spyware, crimeware, scar ware, rootkits, etc.
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