Online Safety Staying Safe In The Internet Age by Ross Parker
A Seriously Funny Serious Tale Can anyone identify this boy?
Why is this so serious?
Q: How can something relatively harmless become so harmful?
A: The Internet is global
A: You can’t get the cat back in the bag
The Internet-enabled world is fundamentally different Yet most students act the same
Q: So what are the dangers?
A: Predatory behaviour Stalking Social engineering Sexual assault
A: Bullying Insulting, hurtful or rude text Prank videos and images Masquerading Filming without permission
A: Loss of Reputation Information taken out of context Posting inappropriate information
A: Theft Intellectual property (IP) Plagarism Identity theft Credit card fraud
A: Destruction of property Cracking Viruses Denial of service
Victim or perpatrator?
Q: What are the consequences?
You have 20 minutes the outcome for victims and perpetrators around the world
Mr. Parker’s Case Studies
A boy steals a girl’s phone...
A boy registers a domain name...
A girl lets a boy takes photos of her naked...
Things You Should Do
Change Your Passwords Hard to guess but easy to remember 10 minutes to do it now
Post With Care If you would not put it in a postcard, don’t put it online
Change Your Privacy Settings On Facebook, share only with your friends
Don’t Meet Strangers You never know who they really are
Install Software With Care Only use well known software Research before installing
Remember, always think before you act
Credits & License Licensed under Creative Commons SA- BY Background image by brunogirin on Flickr