Thursday, May 5, 2011

Extra credit blog

Facebook is one of the places for networking with family and friends; for people who have their own business, Facebook allows them to tell the world about their business. People have an account on Facebook, have them express what's on their minds, and their various interests on Facebook; a person could also write their profile and express certain things about themselves.
However, Facebook does have some problems; if someone writes something that is too personal, it could also be used against the person who has the account. On the bottom of the facebook site, it says who is online, however, people could get cyber bullied. This is making fun someone online.
I recommend to people to watch infromation that they give put out on facebook; also watch the games that they play on facebook because there could be a virus attached to the game. Finally, connect with as many friends and family as you possibly could.
The Patriot Act has some particular interest to internet users especially for people who use internet banking. The Patriot Act stops the people who steal financial information and security information.  This act also makes a crime to hack into someone else's computer and steal their personal information. However, it does not stop the people who had stolen the information couldn't stop every single hacker that steals the personal information.