2. PROBLEMS FACED WHILE
USING THE INTERNET
The internet can be a good resource if used properly. If follow the following ten steps
and you will be cyber safe:
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1. Never share your password with any one.
2. If possible set you profile it private on sites like myspace and face book.
3. Don’t send spam, its annoying and no one wants to spend time reading spam.
4. Remember stranger danger don’t talk to any one you don’t know
5. Don’t meet with any one you meet online in person
6. Children should always be supervised and taught cyber safety so they don’t go on
impropriety web sites
7. Check if the web site is trustworthy
8. Check for virus’, if it’s a legal file and is compatible with your computer before
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downloading any file from the internet
9. Try and purchase items off the internet on legitimate web sites.
10. do not use inappropriate language and post images that may offend other
10 do not use inappropriate language and post images that may offend other
people.
3. EMAIL USAGE
WHO IS SHOULD
WHAT IS WHAT KIND OF
ATTACHMENTS SHOULD
YOU GIVE EMAIL YOU OPEN? SHOULD
YOU OPEN? SHOULD
SPAM? ADDRESS TO? YOU OPEN ANY?
The people you
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Spam is the should give your able to open if you
internets way of junk email to include follow some rules.
mail, it is annoying
mail, it is annoying friends and family
friends and family They are:
They are:
emails that include only. Don’t give your •Attachments that
useless information address to people are too large and
and some times can you don t know. Also
you don’t know Also take to long to
take to long to
be like junk mail on publications such download onto your
trying to sell you as MSN don’t except computer don’t
something. address that you do
address’ that you do download them.
download them.
not know who they •Don’t download
are. files that have virus’
4. PASSWORDS
WHAT SHOULD YOUR PASSWORD HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU
CONTAIN? CHANGE IT?
Only time you really need to change your
Your password should be something
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password is if someone finds out then a
only you know and you can easily
only you know and you can easily
change in password should change to
remember.
protect your privacy.
HOW SHOULD THEY BE
WHO SHOULD HAVE YOUR
MANAGED?
PASSWORD?
How you should manage you password is
keep the same sort of password for every
No one should ever know your
thing you need a password so you don’t
password in any circumstances.
need to remember a lot of different
passwords. Also never write them down
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and leave them laying around for people to
see.
5. I NT E R N E T SURFING
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO IS THE WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU COME ACROSS
PRODUCES THE SITE?
PRODUCES THE SITE? INAPPROPIERET MATIERAL?
You should be able to tell who
Most site now have a way to report this sort
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produces the page either by the small
produces the page either by the small
of information about inappropriate
print at bottom of a page or the URL.
material.
HOW DO YOU REFERENCE WEBSITES
HOW DO YOU REFERENCE WEBSITES
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE
YOU GET INFORMATION FROM?
INFORMATION IS TRUE?
How you reference the website is either by
hyper linking or listing a bibliography with
The well known company’s whose
the name of the web site.
information is on the internet is more
legible than a small unknown websites
information.
6. IDENTITY
WHEN SHOULD YOU G
S OU OU GIVE PERSONAL
SO HOW CAN YOU
INFORMATION? WHAT PERSONAL PROTECT YOUR
PRIVACY
INFORMATION SHOULD YOU GIVE?
ONLINE?
The only time you should give someone
Most websites have a
Most websites have a
personal information away to a person is when
section where you can
its needed to complete a registration form, or
change your profile to
giving a close mate something like a mobile
private.
number or address over msn or email. What
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information you reveal is depending on who is
going to see it and how much you know those
people.
people
7. NOW YOU
NOW YOU
HAVE A BETTER
HAVE A BETTER
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