P6 UNIT 14

Social and Legal implications of using mobile technologies.





Legal Implications -

Phone Driving -
If you are on the phone either having a phone call or texting someone or even on social network you are breaking the law. Whilst you are on your phone you loose all your concentration on the road and you forget what you doing as you are not paying attention. Not paying attention to the road can cause accidents -
For example if you looking down on your phone and not on the road you could end up in the back of the car in front of you.
To stop causing accidents and to stop breaking the law you could either turn your phone off or keep it somewhere you can see it so it don't cause temptation staring at it.



Phone Theft -
Phone theft is also against the law. If you put your phone in your back pocket or somewhere where it is visible to see you are in the risk of getting your phone stolen.
To prevent your phone being stolen you have to put it somewhere safe - for example in a zipped pocket, bag etc where no one knows where it is expect from you.


Piggybacking -
Piggybacking is when you use someones wireless network. This is against the law because you using it for free and without their permission on using the wireless network.




Social Implications -

Cyber bulling -
Cyber bulling is when you bully someone by calling them names or threatening them over social network. This is why we use 'cyber' because it is online.
To stop this we can either block the people who are bulling or dont add them as a friend or even report them.