Societal Impacts-

Cybercrime & cyber law,

IT Act.,Ewaste mgmt
Health issues - technology

Informatics Practices
Class XII ( As per CBSE Board)
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Cyber Crime - Any crime that involves a computer and a

network is called a “Computer Crime” or “Cyber Crime.
Or in other term ,it is a crime in which a computer is the object of
the crime (hacking, phishing, spamming) or is used as a tool to
commit an offense (child pornography, hate crimes).
STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST CYBER CRIME
1. Make sure your security software is current – and update it
regularly.
2. Lock or log off your computer when you step away.
3. Go offline when you don’t need an internet connection.
4. Consider sharing less online.
5. Think twice about using public Wi-Fi.
6. When in doubt, don’t click.
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Types of Cyber Crime

A computer is the target of the attack—for example, a
data breach on a bank site
A computer is the weapon for an attack—for example, a
denial of service (DoS) attack
A computer is an accessory to a criminal act—for
example, digital identity theft which leads to theft of
funds from a bank account
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Hacking –
Hacking is the process of gaining unauthorized access into
a computing device, or group of computer systems. This is
done through cracking of passwords and codes which
gives access to the systems.
Difference between hacker and cracker is that a cracker
breaks the security of computer systems, and a hacker is
a person who likes to explore computer systems and
master them.
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Types of Hackers
Black hat hackers or crackers are individuals with extraordinary
computing skills, resorting to malicious / destructive activities. Black
hat hackers use their knowledge and skill for their own personal gains
probably by hurting others.
White hat hackers are those individuals who use their hacking skills for
defensive purposes. This means that the white hat hackers use their
knowledge and skill for the good of others and for the common good.
Ethical hacking also known as penetration testing or white-hat hacking,
involves the same tools, tricks, and techniques that hackers use,but
with one major difference that Ethical hacking is legal.
Grey-Hat Hackers These are individuals who work both offensively and
defensively at different times. Their behavior can’t be predicted.
Sometimes they use their skills for the common good while in some
other times he uses them for their personal gains.
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Hacking Process
 Foot Printing - Whois lookup,NS lookup,IP lookup
 Scanning - Port Scanning,Network Scanning
 Gaining Access-Password Attacks,Social Engineering,Viruses
 Maintaining Access - Os BackDoors,Trojans,Clears Tracks
Required Skills of an Ethical Hacker
 Microsoft: skills in operation, configuration and management.
 Linux:knowledge of Linux/Unix;security setting, configuration, services.
 Network Protocols: TCP/IP; how they function and can be manipulated.
 Firewalls: configurations, and operation of intrusion detection systems.
 Project Management: leading, planning, organizing, and controlling a
penetration testing team.
 Routers: knowledge of routers, routing protocols, access control lists
 Mainframes
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What do hackers do after hacking?

 Clear logs and hide themselves
 Install rootkit ( backdoor ) -The hacker who hacked the system can use the
system later, It contains trojan virus, and so on
 Patch Security hole- The other hackers can’t intrude
 Install irc related program - identd, irc, bitchx, eggdrop, bnc
 Install scanner program- mscan, sscan, nmap
 Install exploit program
 Install denial of service program
 Use all of installed programs silently
How to Prevent Hacking?
 Download software from authorized websites
 Scan all types of hard drives before running
 Abstain from keeping easy passwords
 Never store or share login information
 Do not click on random email attachments
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Phishing is a cyber attack that uses disguised email as a weapon.The

attackers masquerade as a trusted entity of some kind, The goal is
to trick the email recipient into believing that the message is
something they want or need — recipient fills/send sensitive
information like account no, username ,password etc.
,then attacker use these.
How to prevent phishing
• Always check the spelling of the URLs before click
• Watch out for URL redirects, that sent to a different website with
identical design
• If receive an email from that seems suspicious, contact that
source with a new email, rather than just hitting reply
• Don't post personal data, like your birthday, vacation plans, or
your address or phone number, publicly on social media
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Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten or

humiliate a target. Examples of cyberbullying is sending mean
texts, posting false information about a person online, or
sharing embarrassing photos or videos.
Cyberbullying differs from in-person bullying :
• More difficult to recognize –Bullying conducted via text or
online medium can more easily go unnoticed.
• More relentless – Cyberbullying doesn’t end at school, and
can reach at child home.
• More enduring –It leaves a paper trail that can follow both
the bully and the victim for years
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Different Types of Cyber Bullying

• Doxing – publishing revealing personal information about an
individual online, for purposes of defaming,humiliating, or
harassing the victim
• Harassment – posting threatening,hurtful, or intimidating
messages online, or sending them directly to someone, with the
intention of harming that person
• Impersonation – creating fake accounts or gaining access to a
person’s real social media accounts and posting things to damage
the victim’s reputation
• Cyberstalking – tracking and monitoring a person’s online activity,
and using the internet to stalk or harass an individual
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How to Prevent Cyber Bullying?

 Be aware of child’s online activities
 Watch for the following signs of cyberbullying in children:
 Refusal to allow to see what they are doing online
 Avoidance of discussing what they are doing online
 Sudden, unexplained increase or decrease in online activity
 Deactivating social media accounts
 Emotional responses (including sadness, anger, happiness)
linked to their device usage
Adults should also teach children to recognize and be aware of
the signs of cyberbullying themselves.
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CYBER LAW
cyber law as it is the part of the legal systems that deals with the
cyberspace,Internet and with the legal issues. It covers a broad
area, like freedom of expressions, access to and utilization of the
Internet, and online security or online privacy. Generically, it is
known as the law of the web.
What is the importance of Cyber Law?
Cyber law plays a very important role in this new epoch of
technology. It is important as it is concerned to almost all aspects of
activities and transactions that take place either on the internet or
other communication devices. Whether we are aware of it or not,
but each action and each reaction in Cyberspace has some legal
and Cyber legal views
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The Information Technology Act of India, 2000 According

to Wikipedia “The Information Technology Act, 2000 (also
known as ITA-2000, or the IT Act) is an act of the Indian
Parliament (no 21 of 2000), it was notified on 17th
October 2000. It is the most important law in India that
deals with the digital crimes or cyber crimes and
electronic commerce. It is based on the United Nations
Model Law on Electronic Commerce 1996 (UNCITRAL
Model) recommended by the General Assembly of United
Nations by a resolution dated 30 January 1997”
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Some key points of the Information Technology (IT) Act

2000 are as follows:
 Act has given birth to new business to companies to issue digital certificates
by becoming the Certifying Authorities.
 This Act allows the government to issue notices on internet through e-
governance.
 E-mail is now considered as a valid and legal form of communication.
 Digital signatures are given legal validity within the Act.
 The communication between the companies or between the company and
the government can be done through internet.
 Addressing the issue of security is the most important feature of this Act. It
introduced the construct of digital signatures that verifies the identity of an
individual on internet.
 In case of any harm or loss done to the company by criminals, the Act
provides a remedy in the form of money to the company
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The Information Technology Act, 2000 provides legal recognition to the

transaction done via an electronic exchange of data and other electronic
means of communication or electronic commerce transactions.Some of
sections under it act 2000 are given below.
SECTIO
OFFENCE PENALTY
N
Publishing images containing sexual Imprisonment up to seven years, or/and with fine up to Rs.
67A
acts 1,000,000
Imprisonment up to five years, or/and with fine up
Publishing child porn or predating to Rs.1,000,000 on first conviction. Imprisonment up to
67B seven years, or/and with fine up to Rs.1,000,000 on second
children online
conviction.
67C Failure to maintain records Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine.
Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up
68 Failure/refusal to comply with orders
to Rs.200,000
69 Failure/refusal to decrypt data Imprisonment up to seven years and possible fine.
Securing access or attempting to
70 Imprisonment up to ten years, or/and with fine.
secure access to a protected system
Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up
71 Misrepresentation
to Rs.100,000
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E-Waste -Whenever an electronic device covers up its working life, or becomes

non-usable due to technological advancements or becomes non-functional, it is not
used anymore and comes under the category of e-waste or electronic waste. As the
technology is changing day by day, more and more electronic devices are becoming
non-functional and turning into e-waste. Managing such non-functional electronic
devices is termed as e-waste management.
Ewaste Hazards -
On environment
 Acidification of soil
 Air pollution
 Pollution of ground water
Landfills with lead and heavy metals
On Human Health
 Lung cancer
 DNA damage
 Asthmatic bronchitis
 Chronic damage to the brain
 Damage to heart, liver and spleen
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E-waste management can be defined as the practical and holistic approach and the
founding pillar of cutting down waste from our mother earth. It is reusing and
recycling of e-waste which is no longer in use and can be salved for some of its
components. We are on the verge of a technological breakthrough with the
introduction of AI and we need to dispose off toxic e-waste from our home before
we pile up more and more e-waste. We are is dire need of introducing a customer
awareness campaign because of lack of interest and knowledge regarding e-waste.
Proper disposal of used electronic gadgets
E-waste is a growing problem for us in India. As an 132cr strong economy, we
produce e- waste in large quantities. It is very important to dispose off waste in a
pragmatic manner.
Ways to dispose off e-waste:
1. Give Back to Your Electronic Companies and Drop Off Points
2. Visit Civic Institutions
3. Donating Your Outdated Technology
4. Sell Off Your Outdated Technology
5. Give Your Electronic Waste to a Certified E-Waste Recycler
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E-waste disposal process:

The E- waste management involves proper recycling and recovery of the disposed
material. The recycle and recovery includes the following unit of operations.
i) Dismantling: Removing of parts containing dangerous substances(CFC, Hg
switches); removal of easily accessible parts containing valuable
substances(cable containing copper, steel, iron, precious metals)
ii) Segregation of ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal and plastic.
iii) Refurbishment and reuse: Parts are refurbished to put to its original use.
iv) Recycling /recovery of valuable materials:
v) Treatment/disposal of dangerous materials and waste.: CFC are treated
thermally, Printed Circuit Board are disposed off in underground storage,
Mercury(Hg) is often recycled or disposed off in underground landfill sites.
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Benefits of E-waste recycling:

i) Allows for recovery of valuable precious metals.
ii) Protects public health and water quality
iii) Creates jobs
iv) Saves landfill space.
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Awareness of Health concerns related to

the usage of technology.
Physical Problems:
• Repetitive Strain Injury: It is an injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves,
tendons, ligaments and joints. The pain exists even when resting and that the
lightest work becomes hard to do.
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: This is an illness caused by injuries that occur due to
force on the median nerve found in the wrist.Its symptoms can occur as tingling
in hands and fingers and the feeling of lethargy, sudden pain in wrists and arms
and sometimes even in shoulders, neck and in the body
• Computer Vision Syndrome: Experts stated that people blink their eyes more
frequently while using a computer than they do at other times and that they
face some problems related to this situation.
• Radiation: Computer screens produce radiations of various types. There have
always been doubts that Individuals will have illnesses such as headaches and
inattentiveness
• Sleeping Disorders and Decrease in Productivity
• Loss of Attention and Stress
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Awareness of Health concerns related to the usage of technology.

Psychological Problems:
 Fear of technology
 Computer anxiety
 Internet addiction
• Egosurfing: An illness of regularly searching for one’s own name on the web and
checking what information is available about one’s own on the net.
•Infornography: The word, derived from pornography and information, describes the
state of "trying to soothe hunger for information on the net.”
•Blog streaking: A desire to spread information online that shouldn’t be known by
everybody.
• Youtube-Narcissism: Constantly uploading one’s own videos in order to introduce
and make himself or herself known to others.
•Google-Stalking: Trying to get information about all his or her relatives or
acquaintances in the web.
• Photolurking: Looking at the photo albums of others’ on the net.
• Wikipediholism: Contributing to the internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia, sending
some one’s own writings, and revising the present texts.