English 207

I wrote my final paper on the concept that cyberspace is moving from a space of freedom to a space of control. Much of the talk about this stems from outside sources trying to change our way of life. If terrorsits did not commit bombings and other threats than many monitering systems would not be necessary. The frustration comes from the fact that we do need monitoring but we also need to have our freedoms protected. The dichotomy of this presents a real problem when people many individuals have many ideas about this issue. I definetly would not want someone tracking or having the ability to track my every move. Some laws they have about monitoring the public sphere needs to remain unknown to us because those who we are trying to capture would know exactly how to elude securitiy systems we have in place. It is definetly one of the toughest decisions ever made in our nations history and more tough issues related to this will develop without a doubt. A close look a the Patriot Act and its statutes shows that it is exremely invasive. We are fighting against cockroaches that need to be exterminated or they will kill us. We need systems that make our chance of discovering them high. I do not have any answers but I do know that we need to do something to find a medium because the situation does not offer pure freedom or pure control. We are just going to have to do the best we can and live with the current fact that monitoring occurs for the benefit of our safety.

I am absolutely more aware of cyberspace and the intricacies that are part of this realm. For example, yesterday all students received an e-mail about a virus hidden within e-mail attachments. Before my involvement in the class I would have disreagarded this message and deleted it, now I read them and learn. It states that the internet is experiencing widespread attacks of rapidly mutating computer viruses transmitted by attachments to e-mail messages. Many of the viruses masquerade as messages from trusted friends or official sources. The viruses can look for email addresses in files on infected computers and sebd e-mail appearing to come from those addresses. These are some of the basic ways in which the virus works. The university has given a very descriptive message about what from the virus may come in so the students can delete these messages. It is terrible that CC has to block .zip and .exe. e-mail attachments. I know that these are integral ways that students and staff communicate here at the University.

I am absolutely more aware of cyberspace and the intricacies that are part of this realm. For example, yesterday all students received an e-mail about a virus hidden within e-mail attachments. Before my involvement in the class I would have disreagarded this message and deleted it, now I read them and learn. It states that the internet is experiencing widespread attacks of rapidly mutating computer viruses transmitted by attachments to e-mail messages. Many of the viruses masquerade as messages from trusted friends or official sources. The viruses can look for email addresses in files on infected computers and sebd e-mail appearing to come from those addresses. These are some of the basic ways in which the virus works. The university has given a very descriptive message about what from the virus may come in so the students can delete these messages. It is terrible that CC has to block .zip and .exe. e-mail attachments. I know that these are integral ways that students and staff communicate here at the University.