EmilyBufford

From my Introduction to Information Technology class.  This assignment was to discuss whether or not Piggybacking (using someone else's wireless connection without them knowing) was ethical or not. Written as a group project. When the Mayo Spills Over: A Piggybacking Story Piggybacking is when someone accesses another person’s WIFI internet connection without permission. Often times, the person paying the bill for the WIFI connection is not even aware others may be stealing from them. In this instance a coffee shop owner, Rebecca, believes her next-door neighbor, the sandwich shop owner Sneaky Ed, is encouraging his patrons to use her WIFI. In this case of Rebecca and Sneaky Ed, Rebecca should take steps to protect herself from piggybacking neighbors. Why? At the least, the coffee shop’s internet connection will be slowed down by additional users, but also “any cyberattack or illegal behavior a hacker initiates from your wireless network could get you in trouble with the authoritie...

In my Intro to Information Technology class we had to evaluate our computer's performance.  This was a favorite assignment for me because it got me closer to knowing my computers! Evaluating Computer Performance I started this exercise by closing all applications then shutting down my late 2013 iMac. I waited ten minutes then cold booted it. I then went to Finder, Utilities, and clicked Activity Monitor. Under the memory tab, I was surprised immediately to find that Adobe Creative Cloud was taking up the most memory from the get go at 174 MB. I attempted to download and use Adobe Photoshop for free via Creative Cloud. However, my FSU sign in information did not work and the program at this point is useless until I have FSU’s IT team add my FSU log in information to the approved list of students allowed free access to Adobe Creative Cloud. I checked under System Preferences, Users and Groups, Login Items to see if the Creative Cloud was listed there; it was not. There were actually ...