apply online safety, security, ethics, and etiquette standards and practice in the use of ICTs as it would relate to their specific professional tracks
3. Online Safety And Security
The internet, Truly is a powerful tool. It can be used to
promote your business, gain new friends and stay in
touch with the old one’s.
It is also a source of entertainment through games,
online communities and everything in between. But like
most things in this world, there is always “other side of
the coin “
Internet is one of the most dangerous places, especially
if you do not know what you are doing with it.
4. Type Of Information:
First Name
Risk
There is a risk in sharing your first name.
Chances are, a hacker may already know plenty
of stuff about you even if you only give out your
first name.
Likewise you cannot just walk in a room and
start introducing yourself to everyone. You do
not know whom you can come across with.
5. Type of information:
Last Name
Risk
If sharing your first name is a small risk, having
both your first and last name is more risky.
You will be vulnerable to being searched for
using search engines, w/c include image search.
Matching a name w/ a face is a modus to several
cybercrimes like identity theft.
6. Type of Information:
Middle Name
Risk
Sharing your middle name alone is probably not
the most risky of these shared information, but
sharing your full name would be.
7. Type of Information:
Current and Previous School(s)
Risk
Most people who steal identities study their
subject they can use this information for
verification purposes.
8. Type of Information:
Your Cellphone Number
Risk
Your cellphone number should never be posted
over the internet. Internet is a public places.it
is the same as posting your number on a
billboard. You would not want random
strangers to text you or call you, or worse,
pretend that they are someone else.
9. Type of Information:
Name of your mother & father
Risk
Risky, yet risky as posting their full names,
especially your mother’s maiden name. In,
fact you may have already encountered many
websites that require your mother’s maiden
name as an answer to a secret question
whenever you lose your password.
10. Type of Information:
Name of your Sibling’s
Risk
Disclosing this is a huge risk. Strangers may pretend
or use their identity to dupe you.
11. Type of Information:
Address
Risk
Hopefully, you answer “no” to this one. Giving the
internet your number is one thing; giving them to
your address is a whole other level. It would much
easier for criminals to find you.
12. Type of information:
Your Home Phone Number
Risk
This shared information is more risky than
sharing your personal phone number. Scams
usually use this information to deceive you,
one of which is when a stranger pretends to
know your Parents or pretends to be you.
13. Type Of Information:
Your Birthday
Risk
Letting people know your birthday is
probably a must if you want to get as
many gifts as possible. But having it in
your profile makes you vulnerable to
identity theft.
14. Internet
Is defined as the information highway this
means that anyone has access to this highway,
can place information, and can grab that
information. And this is why social networking
sites like facebook continue to improve their
security features.
The threat of cybercrime is very real. While you
may not experience the threat now, whatever
information we share today could be affect our
future.
15. “Tips to Stay
Safe Online”
The internet is a public place and it is
up to you to protect yourself. here are
some tips to help you stay safe when
using the internet.
1. Be mindful of what you share online
and what site you share it to.
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16. “Tips to Stay
Safe Online”
2. Do not just accept
terms and conditions:
read it.
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17. “Tips to Stay Safe
Online”
3. Check out the privacy
policy page of website to
learn how the websites
handles the information you
share.
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Safe Online”
4. Know the security
features of the social
networking site you use. By
keeping your profile on
search engines will not
able to scan your profile.
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Safe Online”
5. Do not share
your password
with anyone.
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Safe Online”
6. Avoid Logging In to
Public networks/WiFi
Browsing in “Incognito (or
private) mode” a feature of
the browser will not
protect you from hackers.
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21. “Tips to Stay Safe
Online”
7. Do not talk to
strangers whether
online or face-face.
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22. “Tips to Stay
Safe Online”
8. Never post anything
about a future
vacation. It is similar to
posting “Rob my house
at this date”.
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9. Add friends you know in real life.
25. “Tips to Stay Safe Online”
11. Install and update an
anti-virus software on
your computer. Use only
one anti-virus software to
avoid conflicts.
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26. “Tips to Stay Safe Online”
12. If you have a Wi-Fi at home,
make it private network by
adding password.
27. “Tips to Stay Safe Online”
13. Avoid downloading anything from
untrusted websites. You are most
vulnerable in peer to peer downloads
(torrents) as the download is most
likely not monitored by the website
owner.
28. “Tips to Stay Safe
Online”
14.Buy the software; Do
not use pirated ones.
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15.Do not reply or
click links from
suspicious email and
chats messages.