The document discusses various risks to internet safety, privacy, and computer security. It identifies potential risks like abusive behavior, cyberbullying, inappropriate behavior, and grooming that can occur through chat rooms, messages, email, and social media. Risks to privacy include phishing, spyware, misuse of personal information and communications, and identity theft. It also discusses risks from malware, accidental damage or deletion from human error or hardware issues, and deliberate damage or deletion from theft or disgruntled employees. Methods to minimize these risks include using antivirus software, encryption, firewalls, and avoiding risky websites.

1. Internet safety & privacy is an important thing to think about because
it can be very risky and can breached here are things to think about
THERE ARE MANY RISKS TO USER SAFETY WHICH INCLUDES:
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Abusive behaviour > Doing profanity or harmful things to others.
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Cyber bullying > Being rude and showing offensive/harmful content
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Inappropriate behaviour > Wri ng things that make other people feel uncomfortable
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Grooming > IS where
THESE CAN APPEAR IN A VARIETY OF WAYS WHICH INCLUDES:
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Chat rooms >
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Text messages >
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E‐mail > Where
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Social networking sites > Where people and businesses make a page to
promote to the public what they do
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Instant messaging >
THE RISKS TO PRIVACY INCLUDES:
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Phishing >
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Spyware>
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Cookies, local shared objects (flash cookies), >
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Misuse of personal images >
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Misuse of personal communica ons >
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Iden ty the >

2. When using a computer there are many things that can cause security risks
here are things that can cause data security risks.
Malware which Includes:
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Viruses > A program which is designed to spread to a computer
and a virus checker must be updated everyday due to new
viruses being made
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Worm > It’s a self replica ng program which can run by itself
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Trojan horses > Can perform one task but can actually perform
another
Accidental damage or dele on which includes:
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Human error > which is caused by humans installing the wrong
so ware or turning off
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Hardware malfunc on or failure > Is when a computer gets damaged
by the computer ge ng turned off incorrectly or a when a component
such the graphic card burns out caused by dust build up or by over
hea ng or a computer not cleaned out
Deliberate damage or dele on which includes:
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The of hardware
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Disgruntled staff

3. When on the internet how can you tell the informa on you read is right
what you should think about is.
Indicators of reliability which includes:
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The author who wrote the informa on > People might copy the informa on
and classify it as their own which will result in copyright infringement or
lawsuits
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Entertainment > People write down things to make people laugh for example
Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear writes things on twi er which results in
humour
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Sharing personal experience > People describe what they have done which
are facts
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Educa on > If they promote schools/college they use accurate informa on
and not to confuse the public with false informa on
Authority of author which includes:
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Check with Other reliable sites > where you compare websites
together e.g. BBC with Wikipedia to see if it’s accurate
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Qualifica ons > The way they write the informa on out if it’s formal
or informal or the grammar or know what they are talking about
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A recognised name > If it’s a name that’s been seen before on more
then one informa on
Date which includes:
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Recent for current informa on
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A relevant date for historical informa on
Appropriate keywords which includes:
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A website that uses keywords to describe the topic it’s talking
about
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If they have specific keywords

4. When using the internet there are many things that can cause risks to your computer there are many
ways to minimise it
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An –Malware > Is a so ware e.g. AVG
An virus & Spysweeper to name a few can
prevent, detect and clean up your computer
from malware
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System methods > Encryp on is when code
get scrambled around so no one can access it
then a key will put it back together. A
firewall stops people ge ng into your
computer from another computer and it
stops your informa on ge ng out of your
computer.
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Avoiding risky web sites > There are many
things on websites that are risky. Blacklists
are ways of blocking certain websites.
Content advisors such as parental control
are so ware that can allow view certain
content and block appropriate content

5. When using your computer you must make sure that when you install and go on different so ware that it doesn’t
effect the performance and integrity of your PC.
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Adware > Are adver sements that
pop up to persuade you to buy a
product that a company has made.
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Malware > Malicious so ware that’s
designed to damage computer
so ware and they are viruses, worm
and a Trojan horse.
Internet based a acks > When a WiFi is open any one can get into the
Wi-Fi when hackers uses it and
download anything they want. When
a Bluetooth point is ac vated there
can be many risks