Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 2 April 97

Foil 17 What about Pornography and Viruses on the Web?

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 There is surely "inappropriate" information on the WWW
2 There are "bugs" on the WWW -- for instance electronic credit card numbers can be snooped and you can download software conaining viruses
3 On the other hand, many magazines have inappropriate material (e.g. smoking ads) and there is substantial credit card fraud using paper version of banking
4 Most things in life have a downside which can be exploited if you want
5 Society learns to live with a certain amount of "risk" (downside)
6 I don't see downside of Web as particularly bad

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