Samuel's BBT Blog

     Today, we watched videos about cyber-bullying, and how serious it actually is. A teenage Filipino girl wore a traditional Filipino dress, and posted a picture of her wearing it on Facebook, and things escalated very quickly. Many people started taking action at the opportunity to harass her, without physically hitting her. The girl ended up being so embarrassed that she deleted the photo, and started crying in school.     Also, a 15 year old teenager, Stacey, commented on a post made by someones boyfriend, and the girlfriend in part demanded once that she stop talking to her boyfriend. However, it was the girlfriends friend who wouldn't back down, and kept constantly sending messages and threats, never backing down, even though all she did was comment on a simple Facebook post. Stacey didn't think she was going to make it through that hard time, but her friends and family helped her through it.      People tend to cyber-bully because they...

     Yesterday, we watched "Are We Digital Dummies", a CBC documentary about the over usage of the internet, along with the underlying desire for our cell phones. The doc covered many irresponsible actions that have occurred over the use of the Blackberry, as a bus driver had a collision with a mini van, because he was texting while driving. Also, a woman bought an accessory for her cell phone that allowed her to attach it to the handle of her baby stroller. The result? Whilst the woman was staring at her phone, she carelessly started to walk onto a street, when a car narrowly missing her baby brought her to her senses.      I believe that technology is a good thing, but you know we use it too much when 2 airliner pilots miss the airport by 240km because they were on their laptops, and an English reverend holds a blessing towards cell phones, and that their uses should forever last.

     Yesterday, we watched a BBC documentary, "Inside the Dark Web", about the illegal uses of the internet. The U.S. government created a browser called Tor, which allowed people to surf the web anonymously through encryption. The more users there were, the more secure you were, as in order to be anonymous you must have a group of people. Also, whenever you are connected to a wi-fi source, someone can track/surveil you through your device.    Running from the United States to the U.K, there is a fiber optics cable [a cable made entirely out of glass, which allows light to travel from one source to another through (data)] that can be tapped into, relatively easily. All you would have to do is redirect the data flow to another source, and you'd be able to view documents that were sent up to three days before. For this reason, there is a British listening station made specifically for monitoring the data flow through the cable.