Lesson 2

LESSON 2: ONLINE SAFETY, SECURITY AND
RULES OF NETIQUETTE
INTERNET SAFETY- it refers to the online security or safety of people and their information when using
internet.
NETIQUETTE- is network etiquette, the do’s and don’ts of online communication.
TEN RULES OF NETIQUETTE
Rule No. 1: Remember the human
 You need to remember that you are talking to a real person when you are online.
 The internet brings people together who would otherwise never meet.
 Remember this saying when sending an email: Would I say this to the person’s face.
Rule No. 2: Adhere to the same standards online that you follow in real life.
 You need to behave the same way online that you do in real life.
 You need to remember that you can get caught doing things you should not be doing online
just like you can in real life.
 You are still talking to a real person with feelings even though you can’t see them.
Rule no. 3: Know where you are in cyberspace.
 Always take a look around when you enter a new domain when surfing the web.
 Get a sense of what the discussion group is about before you join it.
Rule no. 4: Respect other people’s time and bandwidth.
 Remember people have other things to do besides read your email. You are not the center of
their world.
 Keep your post and emails to minimum by saying what you want to say.
 Remember everyone won’t answer your questions.
Rule no. 5: Make yourself look good online.
 Be polite and pleasant to everyone.

 Always check your spelling and grammar before posting.
 Know what you are talking about and make sense saying it.
Rule no. 6: Share expert knowledge
 Ask questions online

 Share what you know online.
 Post the answers to your questions online because someone may have the same question you
do.
Rule no. 7: Help keep flame wars under control
 Netiquette does not forgive flaming.

 Netiquette does however forbid people who are flaming to hurt discussion groups by putting
the group down.
Rule no. 8: Respect other people’s privacy.
 Do not read other people’s mail without their permission.

 Going through other people’s things could cost you, your job or you could even go to jail.
 Not respecting other people’s privacy is a bad netiquette.
Rule no. 9: Don’t abuse your power.
 Do not take advantage of other people just because you have more knowledge or power than
them.
 Treat others as you would want them to treat you if the roles were reversed.
Rule no. 10: Be forgiving of other people’s mistake.
 Do not point out mistakes to people online.

 Remember that you were once the new kid on the block.
 You still need to have a good manners even though you are online and cannot see the person
face to face.
Key Terms
Cyber crime- a crime committed or assisted through the use of the Internet.
Privacy Policy/Terms of Services (ToS) – tells the user how the website will handle its data.
Malware- stands for malicious software.
Virus- a malicious program designed to transfer from one computer to another in any means possible.
Worms– a malicious program designed to replicate itself and transfer from one file folder to another
and also transfer to other computers.
Trojan-a malicious program designed that is disguised as a useful program but once downloaded or
installed, leaves your PC unprotected and allows hacker to get your information.
Spyware– a program that runs in the background without you knowing it. It has the ability to monitor
what you are currently doing and typing through key logging.
Adware- a program designed to send you advertisement, mostly pop-ups.
Spam– unwanted email mostly from bots or advertisers.
Phishing- acquires sensitive personal information like passwords and credits card details.
Pharming- a more complicated way of phishing where it exploits the DNS system.
Copyright- a part of law, wherein you have the rights to work, anyone who uses it w/o your consent is
punishable by law.
Fair Use- means that an intellectual property may be used w/o consent as long as it is used in
commentaries, criticism, parodies, research and etc.
Keyloggers- used to record the keystrokes done by user. This is done to steal passwords or any other
sensitive information.
Rogue security softwares– is a form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users into
believing there is a virus on their computer, and manipulates them into paying money for a fake
malware removal tool.
Four search strategies
 Keyword searching
Enter terms to search
Use quotation marks to search as a phrase and keep the words linked together
Common words are ignored (That, to, which, a, the …)
+ and – can be used to include or exclude a word

 Boolean
AND – enter words connect with AND- it will include sites where both words and found
Uses: joining different topics (i.e. global warming AND California)
OR – requires at least one of the terms is found.

Uses: join similar or synonymous topics (i.e. global warming OR greenhouse effect)
NOT – searches for the first term and excludes sites that have the second term.

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LESSON 2: ONLINE SAFETY, SECURITY AND

TEN RULES OF NETIQUETTE

Rule No. 1: Remember the human

Rule no. 3: Know where you are in cyberspace.

Rule no. 5: Make yourself look good online.

 Be polite and pleasant to everyone.

Rule no. 6: Share expert knowledge

 Ask questions online

Rule no. 7: Help keep flame wars under control

 Netiquette does not forgive flaming.

Rule no. 8: Respect other people’s privacy.

 Do not read other people’s mail without their permission.

Rule no. 9: Don’t abuse your power.

Rule no. 10: Be forgiving of other people’s mistake.

 Do not point out mistakes to people online.

Four search strategies

Common words are ignored (That, to, which, a, the …)

+ and – can be used to include or exclude a word

OR – requires at least one of the terms is found.

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