Blog Post #16- Safe Pratice for Life Online

Safe Practices for Life Online (answers)

1. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

2. One article I found online, How to Stop the Bullies by Emily Bazelon, went into much detail about social media and how complaints, etc. are handled. In this article she discusses a case where cyber bullying led to one girls suicide. The three male students involved were not punished in any way by the school because it was something that did not happen on school grounds. I found this to be the case with a lot of reports involving students and social media.  The consequences are determined by the court if a case went far enough for criminal charges, but unless the event taking place happened on school grounds or at a school function- most principals and school boards claim they are unable to punish a student for something that did not directly involve the school. One site states, “There are a variety of different consequences of cyberbullying for the bully, including being suspended from school and being removed from sports teams and school organizations. Depending upon the acts and motives of the bully, there are legal consequences of cyberbullying and charges that may be filed against him or her.” Also, there are no current laws on the books about cyber bullying, although there are a lot of other categories actions can fall under to press criminal charges. When conducting a search for “arrest” “charged” and “disciplined” I found that there have been a lot of arrest made of parents of minors for child abuse and a lot of teens arrested for their associations with bullying that lead to criminal charges- but its all actions taken by parents or the state. Although there were a lot of arrests made, I saw less actual “charges” come up when conducting the search.

3. In my own words, sexting is sending sexually related messages or photos using a cellphone, tablet, or computer. cramming is having to fit a large task or amount of information into a small amount of time before a deadline. Web cookies are text files sent from a server to a browser using the internet. the browser saves the text file and sends it back to the server when searches are done (Web cookies, Vangie Beal, http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/cookie.html). Trojan horse is a program designed to breach security programs and deliver virus into a computing system (Google define). Phishing is impersonating an actual company online in order to gain financial information of account holders (Google define). Spyware is “software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive” (Google define).

4. These screen names are poor choices for a couple of reasons. Screen names, such as trashmouth, give an aggressive and inappropriate impression. Accounts and screen names should be appropriate since teachers or future employers could have access to them. By having bad screen names, the students are creating a bad impression.

5. Choosing the wrong screen name can result in bullying. InYoFace and Badboy2U are agressive and will likely lead to trouble. Lookin4Luv and suPaFlirt are names they convey a message that will show others that they can easily take advantage of them. Overall, a screen name can change the way others are treated.

6. Screen names can often reveal too much. Missy-13 is likely revealing her age. A screen name that reveals a persons interest could be bad too. ViolinGurl shows that this girl is interested in music and will likely talk to anyone about it. It is important to not reveal too much personal information in a screen name.

7. After looking at all the screen name I would says they were all poor choices because they will either receive negative responses or they are just not professional. Also some of them were too revealing such as KeKe 1995, Karla-Love-1996.

8. CRK0899@

           KM2R7C@

           W210573@

9. K0357410 Is the password I believe would be hard to crack because it has random numbers and a random letter.

10. The most common reason students’ online accounts are broken into is students give their password to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others who use it. The least common reason is others who know personal things about the student guess their password.

11.     This video, I feel, has some extremely good facts about where computer viruses come from. The video also offered several different ways to extract a virus from a computer. Along with showing different ways in which to get a virus off a computer, the video showed how one would be able to tell if a virus is present on his or her computer. Many different applications and programs were mentioned to rid a computer of a virus. I feel that most of these programs will do a good job of getting rid of a virus and is worth the cost. I also think a computer virus can sometimes be easily avoided, but some viruses are there no matter is done on the computer and there is nothing the user can do about it.

        Although I agree with the video’s suggestions as to how to get rid of a computer, I feel that many programs are applications that can be purchased will only infect the computer more. That being said, I also feel that the programs, although sometimes worth the cost, is nothing but the user paying money just to receive another virus on the computer. I do like, however, the different ways that one could find out if he or she has a virus and I learned many things about determining whether or not I have a virus on my computer. After watching this video, I feel the best way to prevent a virus is just to make sure users are visiting safe sites and hopefully a virus will not pop up. The chances of a virus becoming present on a computer reduce dramatically if the user practices “safe sites.”

13. Criminals are targeting internet user more and more everyday. Now the ICCC or the Internet Crime Complaint Center is receiving knowledge that online advertisements are now being targeted. Many criminals will show an ad online showing they have an item for sale and the ad includes a number where they can be reached.  After they have get contacted by an interested buyer they will send a text message that states they must have there email address. Then the criminals send more information, and pictures of the items for sale. The emails are coming from Ebay and customers think they are dealing with an actual seller. Furthermore, after this the customer sends their money through what they think is actually Ebay, but in reality the criminals are taking their money. The main targets for these ads are boats, cars, heavy equipment, and others like these. Also, the article discusses what the FBI recommends that online customers do such as, be cautious when responding to advertisements and special offers.