Introduction: Why This Web Site |
This site contains links to numerous pages on the Web where home users can find software and information relevant to Windows PC privacy and security. It also contains a rudimentary "checklist" of basic steps that home users can take to enhance their privacy and security while using the Internet.
This web site was originally designed to assist students who took B&TW 263 F1 (Business and Technical Writing) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the Spring of 2001. It is now being used by the students taking B&TW 261 P during the Fall of 2001.
Like their earlier counterparts, the students in B&TW 261 P are writing a "how to" guide for home users of "Wintel" PC's who want to take basic steps to protect their privacy and security while using the Internet.
The course description for this B&TW topic reads:
- "In this class we will produce a 'how to' guide for users of home PC's who are interested in protecting their privacy and security while using the Internet. Students will learn to write technical documents for users with little technical experience. Students will also gain valuable knowledge about safely using desktop computers both at home and in the workplace. We will be learning and writing about such things as banner advertising, cookies, web bugs, email encryption, 'spyware,' trojan horses, and personal firewalls. While students with a high degree of PC knowledge and proficiency are encouraged to enroll, technical knowledge of PC hardware or software is not required or even assumed. This class is for those who wish to educate themselves about an increasingly important aspect of Internet usage, as well as those who are technically savvy and who seek to tailor their writing skills to audiences that do not share the same level of technical competence."
This topic will be repeated as B&TW 277 during the Spring of 2002.
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