How safe are you and your information when you are on the internet? Internet safety How safe are you and your information when you are on the internet?

the domain name www.easywhois.com (see who owns the domain name) www.archive.org (type a URL in the Wayback Machine) http://www.inumbr.com (get a telephone number that looks real) Easywhois.com -> type in www.martinlutherking.org -> notice that stormfront.org is the owner -> google stormfront -> discover that it is a white supremacist organization Archive.org -> type in stpsb.org -> click on a year and date to see what it looked like

Tips to keep your information safe: Have 2 credit cards – 1 for recurring bills, 1 for points of purchase Don’t sign the back of your credit card, instead write “ASK FOR PICTURE ID” Don’t click on a link sent from any person you don’t know or you’ll get phished Think twice before you click on a link sent from someone you do know Don’t unsubscribe from a website, it could be “farmed” – hacked legitimate websites Don’t use your Debit card except at your bank * Don’t have automatic withdrawals from your checking or savings bank account * Just delete email you don’t want to read Sign up using gmail or yahoo and never check that account * From the VP of security at VISA

Did you know? Your age, DOB, sex, and location is stored in your property & utility records Trojan – contains a malicious program that will harm your computer’s hard drive Virus – designed to spread from computer to computer It’s never appropriate for a student to have a computer with Internet access in their room; put it in an open area 80% of kids age 7-18 receive inappropriate email daily When children are shown images of peers engaged in sexual activities, they are led to believe this behavior is acceptable Louis doesn’t want anyone to use a flash drive because of the chance of getting a virus

Did you know? Contact the police if your child/grandchild has shared pictures of themselves with anybody If a 17 year old receives any in appropriate pictures from a minor, they can be tried for child pornography EVEN if they did nothing with the picture Chat and IM are the primary sources for solicitations (77% in 2009) 1+ billion websites; over 14 million sites with child sex abuse images (2009) Over 20,000 new or recycled images posted on the web each week 80,000 child pornography files are traded weekly 5,600 known child sexual abuse images were downloaded and traded in Louisiana in May ’09*

Did you know? 70-90% of the abused children know their abuser 16% abused by their own parent 14% abused by their step parent 26% abused by a friend 22% abused by a person in authority 10-20% of adults have been abused * *A child tells 9 times about abuse before it’s reported