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Tutorial Assignment 12: Best of CEID 100

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Tutorial assignment 11: Tech to the Future

Dear prime minister, 

My name is Malaika, and I just wanted to put forth some information that would lead to creating a more positive digital future. As we know, technology has been developing and emerging consistently. In a more developed and appropriate future, specific ways should be implemented.  

Firstly, while technologies emerge, it is essential to seek smartness in them so they can be more appropriate and effective in the future. Smartness can improve the quality of life and create ways to improve situations faster and with lower costs. Specifically, concerning the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, this idea of connecting sensors and sharing data is what the future should gear towards. Focusing on creating smart technologies would assist in constructing a more definite digital lot. For example, creating smart cities is essential as the existence of sensors everywhere in the city so that it is designed smarter and for better use. As Hoskins (2022) states, streetlights can help modify individuals driving in certain weather or traffic conditions. Therefore, utilizing smartness is incremental for innovation and creating suitable and more effective ways to develop and improve the digital future. 

A society containing emerging technologies such as 5G can create a more positive digital future. 5G, as noted by Hoskins (2022), will bring out a higher speed, which in this case, will be useful when dealing with big data or big amounts of data being passed around. It can also decrease the latency, therefore increasing the responsivity of technologies. Lastly, it will also help with connections between sensors and other devices. The future holds communication networks to be conducted using low and high-frequency waves. This can increase the speed; therefore, as Hoskins (2022) mentions, it can improve the quality of certain videos on a smartphone. The digital future will inherit connectivity and will aid in creating the future of entertainment with increased speed, capacity, and reliability. This would help handle multiple devices at once and connect devices in smart cities.

Another important way emerging technologies can create a positive digital future is by producing more cyber security and better protecting people’s privacy online. Hoskins (2022) speaks on the great risk of cyber criminals gaining access to certain technologies such as smartphones and computers. By developing more secure technologies, the danger of storing and distributing big data would be less likely to be exposed and hacked. Therefore, facial and voice recognition features can also help secure privacy and keep cyber security in control.

I hope this helps better understand ways to create a more positive digital future. 

Sincerely, 

Malaika.

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Module 10 Tutorial assignment: Coding

Here are the 11 badges I earned, while learning how to code HTML.

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Tutorial Assignment 9: Ghosts in the machine

I am Chief Malaika, a technology officer of ZOOMY. ZOOMY is a social media platform that has been created for individuals to interact with each other all over the world. Although this platform is interactive and an easy way for the society to communicate with others around the world, by sending images and videos, it also comes with many social, economic, and technological challenges. More specifically the issue of cybercrime is a social issue, which is the threat to the security of the data being communicated. The need for our social media platform is to ensure the security of information and data, and the data being breached or acquired is a problem that needs to be solved.

Artificial intelligence (AI), which is referred to the developing of intelligent machines which work like humans and perform certain tasks. ZOOMY can make great use of artificial intelligence by incorporating some features that would help better the security of the data of the social media platform being developed. The vision that I, Chief Malaika emphasize, is one that utilizes AI specifically to create programs that work together to perform the task of keeping the data safe. Using AI can create certain firewalls and safeguards to reduce the ability of hackers being able to morph the data from the platform. AI can work to guard the assaults that occur digitally, such as by using the natural language processing, it can curate the data that is found on different studies and articles in relation to threats of cybercrime and create strategies that rather focus on the prevention.  

AI can also ensure cybersecurity by creating certain platforms that combine machine learning and human security, monitoring the algorithms, and detecting certain breaches to overcome cyberattacks. Computer vision can also work to ensure cybersecurity of ZOOMY as it works to understand the physical surrounding, by heavily working to detect hackers. Since, it is difficult to point out hacking and breaching of data, AI will work to recognize it more easily, which will then work to better ensure the cybersecurity of the social media platform.

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Tutorial Assignment 8: iNNOVATION (Amazon)

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Tutorial Assignment 7: Nova Cybersecurity Lab Game

When it comes to staying secure, it is crucial to watch your credit card and online banking accounts. For example, during the game, I had to identify suspicious activity from a potential hacker on call; he was asking for the person's credit card number by spreading false information about them winning a free trip to space. This substantial red flag indicated that the caller could not be trusted and was also an example of cybercrime since the criminal was purely motivated by profit. Furthermore, the game is related to the concept of cybersecurity because it is essential to create a unique and complex password using random sequences. During the game, I had to crack my opponent's password, and they used something as simple as "password" instead of something more complicated. As a result, I quickly hacked their account, showing the significance of choosing a distinct password. Lastly, in the game, I had to differentiate between two emails using clues to recognize which one was a phishing email. The clues I used were that the scammer used sloppy grammar, possibly indicating the phishing email was sent from a foreign country, and they were trying to get me to send cash in a way that could not be traced.

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Tutorial Assignment 6: Disinformation PSA

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Tutorial Assignment 5: Disinformation, Misinformation and Mal-information.

Misinformation

This is a prime example of misinformation as it showcases a rumour that spread that Costco feared their toilet paper might have contained Covid-19. After hearing this news, the author emphasizes that people began to return the toilet paper, even though Costco never had such a recall and was spreading misinformation. Misinformation referring to false claims not solely with the intent of harming but in good faith is displayed in this example of the toilet paper rush due to the newly covid-19 outbreak in around 2020. People began panicking and believing the information they heard, despite considering it could be misinformation.

2. Disinformation

See posts, photos and more on Facebook.

This is just one of the many examples of disinformation on social media. Particularly when it comes to disinformation, it is done with the intent of causing harm; knowing that it is a false accusation, people continue to spread it. This is an important example that has surfaced on Facebook for the past few years based on charging Facebook users money, and this post that I chose to display more prominently even shows fake prices to the public. Hoaxes did this rumour, and they had gone viral, as people began posting posts of others and spreading it even more highly. This disinformation that kept spreading as people shared it with many others caused a hoax to become more popular on the social network. 

3. Mal-information

This tweet by Tim Young highlights mal-information that persistently exists, intending to spread false information to do some harm. As mentioned by Hoskins, mal-information can consist of harassment, hate speech, and/ or leaks. In this example, Tom has tweeted that the b in lgbtq+ stands for two genders and emphasizes some hate speech against the community purposely with the intent of causing harm. Especially knowing the actual truth and what lgbtq+ stands for, he deliberately tweeted that to spread mal-information against the community's individuals.  Not only is this false information by Tim, but more specifically it is his opinion that consists of hate, knowing it would carry a backlash. 

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Tutorial Assignment 4: group assignment proposal

Group Assignment Proposal Names: Trisha,Malaika Course: CEID100 Instructor: Guy Hoskins Date submitted: Tuesday, May 31, 2022

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Tutorial Assignment 3- Advertising

Out of the six sites that were explored, this is the one with the highest number of trackers!

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tutorial assignment 2

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CEID tutorial assignment 1: Social media communication

The topic of online netiquette is relevant to the expectations surrounding the use of social media. In this Twitter post by Buzzfeed, online netiquette is portrayed negatively, which does not correspond to this social media best practice. Scott Disick used his social media platform to communicate unprofessionally concerning Kourtney Kardashian, showing casing the use of bad online netiquette. Scott states in his tweet, “I couldn’t do the job of being with her, so I salute Travis. Like, he’s in it for a lot of work.” This displays the use of communicating offensively toward Kourtney, leaving her uncomfortable. Another main factor portraying bad netiquette, as mentioned in module one, is the use of flaming others in public using passive-aggressive web posting. Additionally, Scott Disick negatively and aggressively speaking about Kourtney highlights inappropriate online netiquette. As mentioned in module one, social media can ensure appropriate online netiquette is to following professional communication tactics and language. Although, primarily in this Twitter post, offensive and unprofessional communication highly emphasize inappropriate online netiquette.

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CEID tutorial assignment 1: Social media communication

In module one, the concept of personal branding is emphasized heavily. It is also linked to self-presentation and self-branding, which is a distinction essential to consider when understanding social media best practices. For example, Nona Bayat is a famous fitness influencer who, as seen in this post, self-brands herself daily to showcase her skills and strengths. She also emphasizes fitness-related content as her viewers only see her for her successful and helpful fitness journey. In addition, she presents herself as solely healthy, such as eating healthy food regularly and working out daily. The idea mentioned in module one of using network sites as a way of “writing ourselves into being” is significant as the way Nona Bayat communicates for us to be ourselves and find the strength to become the best version of ourselves. In this post, we can see how she encourages others through her social media platform and is being herself. In the caption of this post, she also mentions her own experience, which showcases her struggles concerning her success. The self-branding that most celebrities portray is often to fit the needs of their viewers and fans. Still, Nona bayat showcases self-presentation based on the emphasis on being herself and showcasing imperfections and perfections for her viewers to see her authenticity.