ETech Q1 M2a
ETech Q1 M2a
ETech Q1 M2a
Empowerment
Technologies
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Online Safety, Security,
Ethics, and Etiquette
Internet Threats
Here are some of the threats you should be aware of when using the Internet:
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Protecting Reputations Online
Here are the things you might want to consider before posting something over the
internet:
1. Before your post something on the web, ask these questions to yourself: Would
you want your parents or grandparents to see it? Would you want your future
boss to see it?
2. If you feel that a post can affect you or other’s reputation, ask the one who
posted it to pull it down or report it as inappropriate.
Copyright Infringement
It is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission for a usage where
such permission4 is required.
Here are some tips that could help you avoid copyright infringement:
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What’s More
Transcript
One day I downloaded this particular program, and after that my computer
seemed to be a lot slower. It was taking forever for pages to load and even normal
things like writing an email or writing a Word document would take a long time. I
didn’t think too much of it ‘cos my computer was getting pretty old and I had heaps
of stuff on it. But then my home page got changed to some free download site and
when I checked my internet settings I found that they’d all been changed. But
things kept on getting worse. Whenever I went online to the internet I got
bombarded with pop-ups and, like, my computer would just crash and I would
have to manually reset it.
Then things got really serious. I couldn’t log-in to my email account and I
discovered that someone was using my internet banking. I had anti-virus software
installed onto my computer but it just wasn’t picking up anything.
What I didn’t realize at the time was that when I’d downloaded this free
program a couple of months ago, a smaller program downloaded and installed
itself onto my computer. But, I had no idea.
This spyware program monitored all my internet activity and the keylogger
recorded all the keystrokes I made on the computer such as my log-in, my
passwords and all the emails I sent to my mates. It then sent all this information
to the software developer. I ended up taking my machine to a computer specialist
who was able to find and remove all the spyware. I had to contact my bank and
my ISP to change my account details.
You know, even free stuff comes at a cost nowadays and I know it sounds
corny, but if itʼs too good to be true then it probably is. Before I download anything
now I make sure thereʼs no adware or spyware associated with it and I read the
user agreement statement. There are websites
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with this and can offer great reviews and advice on the program and company that
you’re downloading from. If itʼs free, thereʼs usually a catch. I guess I learnt the