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ETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION Today humankind is at a crossroad - as individuals, schools, organisations, and governments increasingly rely upon computerised information and digital communications. In many cases a fax machine will soon be as useful as a mail carrier on horseback, and paper files will be as practical as clay tablets. Consider only the last decade's changes in personal communications with phone machines and voice mail, personal banking with automated teller machines, writing with word processors, community newsletters with desktop publishing and mailed correspondence with fax machines. But the question is how do people protect personal privacy against degradation in that small town named Earth - when the neighbourhood gossip uses a computer and the backyard fence is the global net? Security is becoming a fundamental requirement of information networks. Strong security technology is required to protect users' sensitive or valuable information, both within the communication network and...

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