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Week 14 Assignment 2

Week 14 Assignment 2

Q Use the technology your group has chosen: New technologies create new situations that we have never dealt with before. How do we handle the new capabilities that these devices empower us with? What new laws are going to be needed to protect us from ourselves? - course reader pg. 176 The moment you are linked to the internet, you are opening the the two way door to your network and computer, possibly allowing others access to your personal information. So in evaluating the industry/company you have chosen for your projects, what types of risks, legal and/or ethical, does the company and/or the clients/customers they serve be in danger of? Please answer the following questions: Ethics: • What code of ethics governs the technology you use and does it adhere to them? • What is the vendors' stance on ethics (operating/owning body of the technology you are researching)? Legal: • What kind of protection does your technology have protecting it? (copyright, trademark, and/or patent) • How long is it protected for? • If one technology is similar to the other how was the "rival" able to use similar intellectual property in its design? Safety: Whether the product you are researching for your final is hardware or software, there are weaknesses and vulnerabilities. • What are some of your technologies weaknesses and what are some possible solutions to remedy the problem? • What do you foresee are future maintenance or adjustments to your technology in the future? Why do you think that? Please answer the questions above in 1-2 pages

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For our final presentation, we have chosen YouTube to illustrate how technology has transformed our daily lives. YouTube is an American online website, also used an application owned by Google. Its purpose is to how share media and information in the form in video whether it be advertisement, lifestyle, film or art. YouTube became a platform in which content creators can address their specific audience, simultaneously consumers can be introduced to new interests and intrigues. YouTube has innovated a space in which freedom of expression and art is empowered as its users can directly post their content on YouTube.