Computer safety measures and ethics are important topics. Safety measures protect both computers and users by controlling hazards and extending the lifespan of computer systems. Ethics issues include privacy, accuracy, property, and access. Unethical internet practices involve misusing company time, abusive behavior, theft, lying, and violating policies. Plagiarism, cyberbullying, hacking, phishing, spamming, and piracy are additional concerns that compromise privacy, security, or ownership rights. Implementing strong passwords, firewalls, and other precautions can help prevent many ethical issues.

1. Ethics and safety measures in
computing
BY: AARUSH BHADANI

2. Why did safety measure is important to
computer?
When using computers, safety measures must be taken to
protect both the computer system and the people that are
using it, by doing this; the computer's life span can be
prolonged. It can also be referred to as the control of
recognized hazards.

3. Advantage of Internet are:-
• Connectivity, communication, and sharing.
• Information, knowledge, and learning.
• Address, mapping, and contact information.
• Selling and making money.
• Banking, bills, and shopping.
• Donations and funding.
• Entertainment.
• Work from home, collaboration, and access to a global
workforce.
Advantage of Internet?

4. Disadvantage of Internet?
Disadvantage of Internet are :-
• Addiction, time-waster, and causes distractions.
• Bullying, trolls, stalkers, and crime.
• Spam and advertising.
• Pornographic and violent images.
• Never being able to disconnect from work.
• Identity theft, hacking, viruses, and cheating.
• Affects focus and patience.

5. What are computer ethics?
Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy concerned
with how computing professionals should make decisions
regarding professional and social conduct

6. What are the four primary issues in computer ethics?
Four primary issues in computer ethics are:-
• Privacy
• Accuracy
• Property
• Access

7. What are unethical practices on the internet?
Unethical practices on the internet are :-
• Misusing company time.
• Abusive behavior.
• Employee theft.
• Lying to employees.
• Violating company internet policies.

8. what is plagiarism?
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and
passing them off as one's own.

9. How can we prevent plagiarism?
Best Practices for Avoiding Plagiarism :-
• Don't procrastinate with your research and assignments.
Good research takes time.
• Commit to doing your own work. If you don't understand an
assignment, talk with your professor.
• Be 100% scrupulous in your note taking.
• Cite your sources scrupulously.
• Understand good paraphrasing.

10. What is cyberbullying?
The use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically
by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.

11. How to prevent cyberbullying
Best Practices for preventing cyberbullying :-
• Keep your operating system and web browser updated as the latest
version.
• Install firewall to your system with legally purchase antivirus
software and update it on regular basis.
• Do not keep your Broadband Internet switched on all the time this
gives opportunity to hackers to hack your system .Set a strong
password for your wireless modem

12. What is hacking?
Hacking is an attempt to exploit a computer system or a
private network inside a computer. Black hat hackers hack to
take control over the system for personal gains. They can
destroy, steal or even prevent authorized users from accessing
the system.

13. How to Prevent Hacking?
We can Prevent Hacking by:-
• Download Software from Authorized Websites.
• Do not click on Random Email Attachments.
• Scan all Types of Hard Drives before Running.
• Abstain from Keeping Easy Passwords.
• Never Store or Share your Login Information.

14. What is phishing?
Phishing is an act of sending forged messages to people which
appears to be form a company you must trust , Usually a bank etc.

15. Preventive measures for phishing are:-
 Keeping Updated With The Latest Phishing Techniques.
 Thinking Twice Before Clicking.
 Installing An Anti-Phishing Toolbar.
 Verifying A Site's Security.
 Checking Online Accounts Regularly.
 Keeping The Browser Up To Date.
 Using Firewalls.
 Never Giving Out Personal Information.

16. what is a spamming?
Spamming is the use of electronic messaging systems like e-
mails and other digital delivery systems and broadcast media to
send unwanted bulk messages .

17. preventive measures for spamming are:-
• Never give out or post your email address publicly.
• Think before you click.
• Do not reply to spam messages.
• Download spam filtering tools and anti-virus software.
• Avoid using your personal or business email address.

18. What is individual right to privacy in computer?
Every individual who is connected to an internet in any way
have the right to determine how his/her information or other
sensitive information is collected, stored, used, and finally
destroyed or deleted- in digital

19. What is software piracy?
Software piracy is the illegal copy and use of software in a
way other than that is officially documented by exclusive rights
of the developer in the form of an individual or organization as
described in the relevant sale agreement (license). ... Pirates
achieve a lot of money by doing business with pirated software.

20. What is copyright?
Copyright refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual
property. In simpler terms, copyright is the right to copy. This
means that the original creators of products and anyone they
give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to
reproduce the work.

21. What do you mean by password protection?
Password protection allows you to protect your data set by
assigning it a password. Another user cannot read, change, or
delete your data set without knowing the password.

22. What do you mean by protecting using firewall?
Firewalls provide protection against outside cyber attackers
by shielding your computer or network from malicious or
unnecessary network traffic. Firewalls can also prevent
malicious software from accessing a computer or network via
the internet.

23. What is digital footprint?
The information about a particular person that exists on the
internet as a result of their online activity.

24. And this is all about “Ethics and safety measures in
computing”