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[random sorrel]

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[random sorrel]

@mighty marsh

heya

so 8 markers are kinda difficult

the ones where it asks for ethical problems and things like that

[mighty marsh]

sup

[mighty marsh]

A school asks its students to bring in their own electronic devices (e.g. tablets, laptops, mobile
phones) to use in lessons instead of purchasing new equipment.
Discuss the issues surrounding students bringing their own devices. Include in your discussion:
• ethical issues
• legal issues
• privacy issues.

what are some ethical, legal and privacy issues you can see with this?

imagine if this was planned to happen at your school and you were in the headteacher's shoes

[random sorrel]

okay right

let me list them

Ethical:

• Some students may not have devices due to an unwealthy situation or household choice

Privacy:

• Students take photos of each other and post them publicly online without each others permission

Legal:

• Devices are stolen from students

whoops

yeah i cant think of legal ones

actually

[mighty marsh]

okay you got 3

thats good

any others?

[random sorrel]

not really

i feel like my privacy one could cover a legal issue too

[mighty marsh]

that is true

[mighty marsh]

how about that the school may not be able to monitor what occurs on the student's devices?

i'm guessing your school has something like smoothwall

[random sorrel]

ahh yeah i didnt think of that

i really need to apply myself to the situation

[mighty marsh]

and also that if you were to enforce this, you'd basically be backdooring people's personal devices

[random sorrel]

what is backdooring?

is it hacking

[mighty marsh]

yes and no

[mighty marsh]

imagine leaving your back door open when you left your house

now someone doesn't need to break your windows

pick your lock

[random sorrel]

ohh so its unauthorised access due to a fault of your own

[mighty marsh]

climb your walls

not typically a fault of your own

it's usually done by malware

[random sorrel]

ahh okay

so like exploiting a flaw

[mighty marsh]

yes

in this case, say you installed some program to ensure something like a VPN doesn't let you skip over network restrictions

because they're enforced and logged locally

[random sorrel]

i didnt even know a vpn could skip over network restrictions

[mighty marsh]

what happens if someone then uses that to publish an update (or the software gets hacked) and now all your devices are backdoored

[mighty marsh]

also note that this says "include in your discussion", not "Only feature in your discussion"

so if you want to, you can include environmental effects of this policy

which would be?

[random sorrel]

ahh i see

ummm

e-waste? but im not sure how we apply that to this

[mighty marsh]

there's another mark

[random sorrel]

how does this produce e-waste however?

i need to explain it right

[mighty marsh]

also you could include in your ethics that students could have modified ("jailbroken") devices that can do things regular devices cant

[mighty marsh]

well now they dont have to buy a bunch of laptops

[random sorrel]

ahhh yeah i see

[mighty marsh]

which will eventually break down

and then turn into e-waste

[random sorrel]

okay i see

i need to think out of the box

[mighty marsh]

indeed

just practice thinking of things like this

im in a bit of a predicament where my entire city has pretty much had a power outage

and my laptop is somewhat close to dying

hopefully it gets fixed by this evening

[random sorrel]

oh wow what the frick

is it perhaps norwich

pretty sure someone told me they had a power outage there

[mighty marsh]

nevermind its back

wtf

[random sorrel]

lmao haha

step up transformers or something like that

phsyics paper 2

[mighty marsh]

oh im not ready for science

[random sorrel]

i need a 6 in physics

[mighty marsh]

its not looking good

im hoping for a 6 in physics

[random sorrel]

im doing electronics at college

[mighty marsh]

ooh

[random sorrel]

yeah its crazy

[random sorrel]

im doing IT, computer science and electronics

am i cooked chat

[mighty marsh]

shouldnt be

whats the difference between IT and CS?

[random sorrel]

i think IT has a lot of things about databases and stuff

let me check

this is IT:

Cyber Security and Incident Management – Types of cyber security attacks, the vulnerabilities in networked systems and how to plan and respond to attacks  
Website Development – The development tools, techniques and processes used in website development and how to test usability, functionality and fitness for purpose 
Relational Database Development – Structure of data, data design and database management systems (DBMS). 

this is computer science:

An understanding of the organisation of computer systems including software, hardware, data, communication and people
Skills in project and time management
An awareness of the consequences of using computers and of emerging technologies, and an appreciation of their potential impact on society
A computer application for a real client

[mighty marsh]

lemme have a read

hold on

[random sorrel]

okie dokie

i just got fucking rick rolled by the odin project

[mighty marsh]

lemme finish my snack rq

i actually havent read it

[mighty marsh]

ohhh i get it now

[random sorrel]

yeah its confusing

i did my work experience at an IT company

a small one

and oh my word it was so good

it was during the heatwave last summer

and me and the guys working there spent like 3 hours per day driving in vans to different places

to fix all sorts of different problems

i learnt so much about IPs and stuff

[mighty marsh]

honestly that seems like such a fun job if you're with a friend

[random sorrel]

the guy who owns the company lives across the road from me so our families are close friends but the guys i was working with had never met me before, but honestly they were so kind and helped me so much

i even created a website on their domain about the Euros

using wordpress

[mighty marsh]

honestly such a cool story to read

congrats man

[random sorrel]

it was so good man

reminiscing

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