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Goldsborough, Reid – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
"Cookies" are tiny Web browser helpers and are an example of how the useful can get tossed in with the dangerous through the near hysteria brought about by the real threats of computer viruses, hacking, spyware, spam and phishing. This article briefly discusses antispyware legislation by Congress and the pros and cons of past and future…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computers, Fear, Computer Security
Goldsborough, Reid – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
What's the worst thing that can happen to your computer? Worse than a hard disk crash, virus infection, spam assault, denial-of-service attack, hacker take-over, fire, flood, or other human, mechanical or natural disaster is a faulty backup when you really need it. If the computer blows up, as long as your data is backed up securely, you can…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Storage Devices, Computers, Internet
