[ILUG-Cochin.org] ethics of internet usage

[H a r i s H]

Great initiative Anoop.


Regds

H a r i s H
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On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Jos Collin <joscollin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Exactly. Spams - I don't think that it is not sent by anyone. But it
> is coming when we register in some of the websites for the purpose of
> "How to make money", "Online jobs", "Trip planner" etc. I'm receiving
> almost 1000 spam emails since I book a tour online.
>
> >They spend the whole time playing with orkut. The >young generation is not
> aware of the real >potential of internet.
> They don't recognize the fact that they can't be social by sitting in
> front of a computer. They will forget the easiest and ordinary ways of
> communicating with others.
>
> > They use it for sending spam mails and in orkut.
> Social Engineering is a part of every Social Networking websites. The
> best solution is take them out of your daily life. You will find a lot
> of free time. Even if they pay me to use it, I won't use it.
>
> On 14/05/2009, Anoop Viswanath <anoopviswanath at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > I'm receiving several mails telling "Ericcson is distributing free
> laptop"
> > or "Microsoft is testing your fortune" or "Yahoo is giving.........."
> etc.
> > The mail tells the receiver to forward to max. no: of people and make a
> cc
> > to anna at ericcson.com. I remember Salimkumar's dialogue in a malayalam
> film
> > when seeing this. I usually send a mail to everyone in the receivers list
> > with a subject "Salimkumar is distributing free biriyani", explaining
> > nothing is free in this world. But what use...I am still recieving this
> type
> > of mails. These mails are circulating since 1999, when I started using
> > internet.
> > I know several students who gets 1 hour in a week for surfing internet.
> They
> > spend the whole time playing with orkut. The young generation is not
> aware
> > of the real potential of internet. They use it for sending spam mails and
> in
> > orkut. Ofcourse, elder people are doing this, but it is of no use to
> educate
> > those people. A huge share of the bandwidth available is spoiled by this
> > type of thousands of useless mails. Forwarded mails constitute 90% of
> this.
> > So it is essential to make awareness of ethical practices of internet
> usage,
> > atleast in young generation.
> >
> > So when we talk about ethics of software, this can also be told
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Anoop Viswanath
> >
>
>
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> the first step towards community.
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