Agenda Last class: Internet Literacy Lab Today: Internet Safety

Agenda

• Last class: Internet Literacy Lab

• Today: Internet Safety

Story

• I want to sign up for an online game

Internet Safety

• Protect your identity– Do NOT give away your Name, Address,

phone / credit card / bank numbers, etc.– Use fake names, false info

• Why?– The web page may not be secure, someone

else may get this info

Email: Spam, Virus• When you give away your email, you may

get– Spam = junk mail = stuff you don’t want

• Ads = “Look at this! Buy me! Try this game too!”

• Use Spam Filters to block them

– Viruses = bad files that do bad things to your computer

• Usually attached .exe files – DO NOT OPEN

• Can get from downloads – be careful!

• (I keep multiple emails)

Passwords

• Don’t tell anyone!

• Make it hard for others to guessbut easy for you to remember– Don’t use your name or birthday– Don’t use words– Longer = better– Use numbers, symbols like !@#$%^– Case sensitive? ABC abc

Story


• I want to play the game at school / work without getting in trouble

Web Browser Settings

• History = all web pages you went to– Can disable


• History = all web pages you went to

• Cookies = files that save user names, passwords, things you clicked on– Stay until deleted by you



• Cookies = files that saves stuff you input

• Temporary Internet Files = files from web pages you went to (icons, banners, etc.)– Auto delete after X days




• Temporary Files = web page pictures

• Pop up blocker– Some web pages pop up many small windows

(usually spam) – you can block them





• Pop up blocker– Some web pages pop up many small windows

(usually spam) – you can block them

• At home, you may keep these = faster

• But in public (work, school), you should be careful. (Delete all)





• Pop up blocker

• Content – Auto complete– Computer remembers what you typed before

Story


• I want to play the game at school / work without getting in trouble

• In the game, I meet a friend.We trade email, QQ so wecan play together from school.

E-mail and Instant Messengers

• What you send can be saved forever– Be careful what you say!

• Do not use work e-mail to send personal e-mail. Your boss is legally allowed to search your e-mail.

• Anything you delete can be found again

Story

• I want to sign up for an online game• I want to play the game at school / work

without getting in trouble• In the game, I meet a friend.

We trade email, QQ so wecan play together from school.

• I like my new online friend.We like each other, we have fun together, we want to meet in person and …

Don’t be too personal

• NEVER try to meet in person– If you must, pick a public place, and tell

someone

• The other person may be 50 year-old man pretending to be 18 year-old girl

Internet Safety Summary

• Think about your safety before you act.

• Don’t let emotions (feelings) think for you.

• Be careful what information you put in web pages, e-mail, QQ/ wechat – others may see it.

Make Poster of Internet safetyuse rubric for guidelines

Next Week

• Finished hardware, software, easy stuff

Documents

Agenda Last class: Internet Literacy Lab Today: Internet Safety