1) What is a "botnet"?
They are taking advantage of programs that secretly install themselves on thousands or even millions of personal computers, band these computers together into an unwitting army of zombies, and use the collective poser of the dragooned network to commit internet crimes. These systems were botnet

2) What is "spam"?
The e-mails that we don't need and they are rubbish

3) According to the article, how many computers were online in 1988?
60,000 computers online

4) Today about how many computers are online? How many of them contain botnet programs?
650 million today and about 11% of them.

5) How do "botnet masters" profit from their use of botnets?
The botnet help to get the other person’s information to their masters. The secret business is good for that way. So, they sell the other person to give the secret information.

6) In your own words, explain why botnets are harmful to society.
the botnet help to steal the other person’s information. So, it is not their own information such as the business information is very important if the other country take that information, they also can make something to use that information. So, it is damaged by our economy. Therefore, it is very harmful to society.

7) What do you think should be done to solve the problem of botnets? Be creative!
we just make new program which find somebody use the botnet and exact money form their people.
8) What are some other important problems that are affecting the internet?
Somebody give us the notice e-mail a lot.

Discussion Questions:

1) Give three examples from the article where people used information technology to prove the police did something bad.
- They use the video cell phones, camera and Internet sites to let other people know. The video cell phones and camera show them the situation and then the other technology is internet sites that it shows the other person to know this accident and this situation.

2) How is IT helping people solve the problem of police brutality?
- IT means the information technology. So, IT lets other people know this accident and it is easy to let the police man or government know what happen

3) Besides small, inexpensive cameras, what are some other technologies that people are using to expose abuses by the police?
- The other technologies are using the radio. First if you see the accident, you write down that happening. And second you send the letter to radio studio and let a person know that accident.

4) what does Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton say about using videos against police officers?
- Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton says about using the YouTube site that can put the voice and picture. There has a lot of equipment.

5) Do you think this kind of technology is making the world a better place? Are there any ways that the same technologies that help the people in this article can also be harmful?
- Yes, I think this kind of technology is making the world a better place because; it is very important evidence to solve the problem. If we don’t have this kind of technology, that problem probably solve very hard because they don’t have accurate information. Therefore, I think the technology is making the world a better place.

6) Will this kind of technology have any effect on Chinese society? Good or bad? Explain your answer.
- I think the kind of technology have affect on Chinese society. Many people live in China so, it means it has many problems in there and they need accurate information about the accident. So, they use this kind of technology very much. if the technology is developed by people, the problem is easy to solve. Therefore, I think it’s good for China society.

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