Topic 1: Write an essay discussing the pros and cons of hiring known hackers to test the security of a system.
Nowaday, hacker is someone makes the technology's life to be more interesting. The term hacker has evolved over the years and been growing. For years there existed a fuzzy distinction between good and bad computer hackers, or we also call them white hat and black hat hackers. Whether they are good or bad, we can't negate they don't have any influence on the development of technology. Hiring known hackers to test the security of a system is an example of this idea.
Some companies have the great database which stores information about back hat hackers. It's made and developed by white hatters. These hackers break into systems and…show more content… Ethical and legal concerns, including privacy invasion, surreptitious data collection, direct marketing, hijacking, and trespass are discussed. Finally, various methods of responding to spyware, including approaches by consumers, industry, and the U.S. government, are addressed, calling for a need to resolve escalating concerns of users while balancing the beneficial use of spyware as a legitimate marketing tool.
People do not like being tracked. Even if some companies mean no harm, people still do not like the fact they are being monitored while they browse. Cookies can also show links in them if someone happens to look at them on your pc. Most of the websites that store the cookies, will have the site name or link visible in the cookie on your machine, so its normally easy to tell where the cookie came from.
However, Cookies have some beneficial things. For example, when you log on to certain sites, did you ever notice that when you return again you do not have to sign on the next time, it will stored your password and id on your machine in a cookie. The same holds true when you purchase goods online, you can return later and your goods are still in your shopping. Cookies are also very beneficial to websites trying to market to you. For example, if you go to one of the major search engines, like yahoo.com, google.com etc. and search for "web cookies", the next time you come back to the website to search again, you may see a large picture or cookie
