Online Safety, Security,

Ethics and Etiquette

How safe are you?
 Type of Risk
Information

1. First There is a risk in sharing your first

name. Chances are, a hacker
Name may already know plenty of stuff
about you even if you only give
out your first name. Likewise, you
cannot just walk in a room and
start introducing yourself to
everyone. You do not know
whom you can come across
with.
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Information

2. Last If sharing your first name is a small

risk, having both your first and last
Name is more risky. You will be
vulnerable to being searched for
using search engines, which
include image search. Matching
a name with a face is a modus
to several cybercrimes like
identity theft.
 Type of Risk
Information

3. Middle Sharing your middle

Name name alone is probably
not the most risky of
these shared
information, but sharing
your full name would
be
 Type of Risk
Information

4. Current Most people who

and steal identities study
Previous their subject. They
School(s) can use this
information for
verification purposes.
 Type of Risk
Information

5. Your Your cellphone number

should not be posted over
Cellphone the Internet. The Internet is a
Number public place. It is the same as
posting your number on a
billboard. You would not want
random strangers to text or
call you, or worse, pretend
that they are some one else.
 Type of Risk
Information

6. The Risky, yet not as risky as posting

their full names, especially your
Name of mother’s maiden name. In fact,
you may have already
Your Mother
encountered many websites that
and Farther require your mother’s maiden
name as an answer to a secret
question whenever you lose your
password.
 Type of Risk
Information

7. The Disclosing this is a

Name of huge risk. Strangers
your Siblings may pretend or use
their identity to
dupe you.
 Type of Risk
Information

8. Your Hopefully, you answered

“no” to this one. Giving the
Address Internet your number is one
thing; giving them your
address is a whole other
level. It would be much
easier for criminals to find
you
 Type of Risk
Information

9. Your This shared information is

more risky than sharing your
Home and personal phone number.
Phone Scams usually use this
Number information to deceive you,
one of which is when a
stranger pretends to know
your parents or pretends to
be you.
 Type of Risk
Information

10. Your Letting people know your

birthday is probably a must
Birthday if you want to get as many
gifts as possible. But having
it in your profile makes you
vulnerable to identity theft.
What is Online Safety?
Is the knowledge of
maximizing the user’s
personal safety and
security and security risk
to private information,
and self – protection
from computer in
general
Tips to Stay Safe Online
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Be Mindful of what

you share online and
what site you share it
to.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Do not just accept

terms and condition;
read it.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Check out the privacy

policy page of a website
to learn how the website
handles the information
you share
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Know the security features

of the social networking site
you use. By keeping your
profile private, search
engines will not be able to
scan your profiles
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Do not share your

password with anyone
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Avoid logging in to public

networks/Wi-Fi. Browsing in
“INCOGNITO OR (PRIVATE)
mode”, a feature of the
browser, will not protect you
from hackers.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Do not talk to strangers

whether online or face
to face.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Never post anything about

a future vacation. It is similar
to posting, “Rob my house
at this date”
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Add friends you know

in real life
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Avoid visiting untrusted

website.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Install and update an

antivirus software on your
computer. Use only one anti-
virus software to avoid
conflicts.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

If you have a Wi-Fi at home,

make it a private network by
adding a password.
Tips to Stay Safe Online
Avoid downloading
anything from untrusted
websites. You are most
vulnerable in peer-to-peer
downloads (torrents) as the
downloads is most likely not
monitored by the site owner
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Buy the software; do not

use pirated ones.
Tips to Stay Safe Online

Do not reply or click links

from suspicious emails.
What is Netiquette?

Is a network etiquette the do’s

and don’t’s of online
communication
Is a combination of the words
network and etiquette and is
defined as a set of rules for
acceptable online behavior
10 Rules of Netiquette
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.
 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.
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.
Respect other people’s time
and bandwidth
Remember people have other
things to do besides reading
your email.
You are not the center of their
world
Keep your post and emails to a
minimum by saying what you
want to say.
Make yourself look good
online
Remember to always check
your spelling and grammar
before posting.
Always know what you are
talking about.
Be polite and pleasant to
everyone
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
Help Keep Flame Wars under
Control
A Flame War is a heated
exchange of words between
users on online forums.
Do not post rude or hateful
comments to purposely hurt
someone’s feelings or provoke
arguments
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 things or you could even go
to jail
Not respecting other people’s
privacy is bad netiquette
Don’t Abuse your Power
Do not take advantage of
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
Be Forgiving of other
people’s mistakes
Do not point out mistakes
to people online
Remember you are once
a new kid on the block
You still need to have
good manners even
though you are online
and can not see the
person face to face