Internet Dangers
The purpose of this post is to advise other students about a specific internet danger that you have researched and are familiar with. For full credit include the types of information shown in hte example below. You could even copy and paste the example, then replace my info with your own.
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EXAMPLE
Danger: Criminals use computer technology to obtain large amounts of personal data such as passwords or even banking information.
Prevention: Do NOT respond to "spam" unsolicited E-mail that promises them some benefit but requests identifying data, without realizing that in many cases, the requester has no intention of keeping his promise.
Source: Dept of Justice Website. URL is:
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/idtheft.html#What%20Are%20The%20Most%20Common%20Ways%20To%20Commit%20Identity
Read the other comments and make your's original.
EXAMPLE
Danger: Criminals use computer technology to obtain large amounts of personal data such as passwords or even banking information.
Prevention: Do NOT respond to "spam" unsolicited E-mail that promises them some benefit but requests identifying data, without realizing that in many cases, the requester has no intention of keeping his promise.
Source: Dept of Justice Website. URL is:
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/idtheft.html#What%20Are%20The%20Most%20Common%20Ways%20To%20Commit%20Identity
posted by Mr. Turton at 8:55 AM
9 Comments:
Danger- People can find out where you live and harm you at home.
Prevention- Don't go on chat rooms, and if you do make sure not to give out any personal information
Danger- Giving out your full name, phone number or address to some one that you recently met online.
Prevention- Only talk to the people you know personaly
DANGERS: One in 1,000 men on the internet has a sexual interest in children.
PREVENTION: To prevent them from you do not give out any personal informations and also do not talk to anyone you do not know.
SOURCE:http://www.protectkids.com/dangers/stats.htm
on personal webpages people might have pictures that are not appropriate for children. they might want to go to dicks sporting goods and type in dicks.com... while the actual websight is www.dickssportinggoods.com
a way to prevent this would be to google the websight and read the description to see if it matches up with what you are looking for. also you can ask jeeves or yahoo the websight. this will help controal dangers for children.
on your screen name at your home when you put a away message on, it might say hey whats up call my house 716-784-4454 and somone you dont know could get ahold of this and harass you on your telephone. make shure you do not give out any information on anything
Identity theft
When we think of identity theft, we usually think of credit card details. However, ID thieves are also interested in other information, including credit reports, social insurance numbers, driving license numbers, phone cards, mortgage details, birth dates, passwords and PINs, addresses and phone numbers.
ID loss is not just about money. ID loss may mean losing much more. Credit rating may be lost and until this is restored, you may find difficulty in getting a job, a mortgage or even a passport.
Today’s cunning bank robbers only rob databanks. Computer criminals have realized the potential of the power of information and computer crime is the fastest growing form of crime. If operating remotely, ID thieves run little risk of being caught and even if they themselves don’t use the information, it can be sold on to fraudsters who use it to impersonate others. How is this done? Some examples:
Using credit cards to charge an existing account or create a new one.
Opening a new telephone account using a stolen identity.
Fraudulent electronic bank transfer to draw from a bank account using stolen identity.
Using a stolen identity to get a job.
Using ID cards or driving licenses for tax or benefits fraud.
Using a stolen identity to obtain a loan or mortgage.
Using a stolen identity for frauds of various kinds or when caught committing a crime.
As individuals, most of us have become accustomed to caution, to being extra careful with credit card and personal information. But criminals go where information is collected. Regrettably not all companies protect your records adequately in their databank. Some institutions hold records of millions of people and big break-ins can lead to loss of our personal secrets. One U.S. security firm discovered that passwords from 50 banks, eBay and PayPal login details and also credit card numbers had been stolen from a server by a Trojan virus. Another discovered that hackers had accessed a credit card system holding 40 million various credit card numbers. And data has been lost in far simpler ways: in the U.S., a shipment of bank customer data tapes disappeared in transit. In Singapore, bank customers records disappeared during shipment between two offices. A Japanese bank inadvertently threw out CDs containing copies of the financial records of its customers. And there was the Australian bank manager who, by using clients IDs, stole $17 million to feed his gambling addiction.
Computer viruses
In the early 1980s, experiments were carried out on computer security and 1983 saw the emergence of the first virus. Fred Cohen, at that time a student at the University of Southern California, had the idea of introducing self-reproducing software, which could spread by infiltrating existing programmes, thus attacking the security of multi-user computing systems. Len Adleman, Cohen’s thesis adviser suggested that this was similar to a biological virus, which uses the resources of the cell it attacks to reproduce itself. The term “computer virus” was born.
So what is a virus? A virus is a programme with the ability to reproduce and spread rapidly. It is often difficult to eliminate. A virus infiltrates a file and is spread as that file is copied and forwarded to other computers. At the very least a virus can cause problems by taking up storage capacity and memory and slowing general computer performance. However some viruses can destroy files, reformat hard drives or cause other damage
Danger- When getting a message, there can be bad results that come with it
Prevention-Do Not write them back, or give out any of your information. They can be some very odd stranger, and if you give them ANY of your information, they can find you. Most likely they will try and stock you, or they will. I think that if you just ignore the message, then you should be safe! *meg
Internet Dangers:
Stay SMART
S - Staying safe involves being careful and not giving out your name, address, mobile, school name or password to people on line.
M - Meeting someone you meet in cyberspace can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents or carers permission and then when they are present.
A - Accepting e-mails or opening files from people you don't really know or trust can get you into trouble - they may contain viruses or nasty messages
R - Remember someone online may be lying and not be who he or she say they are. If you feel uncomfortable when chatting or messaging end the conversation.
T - Tell your parent or carer if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried.
source
http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=11242
Adware and Spyware
Short for advertising-supported software, adware is a software application in which advertising is displayed while the programme is running. This may take the form of pop-ups or banners which appear on the computer monitor. Advertisers pay for the service and help to recover some of the costs of software development, thus keeping the price low or even free, whilst the programmer still makes a profit. Adware may run on a computer without the users knowledge, having been included in shareware or freeware downloaded from the Internet. Most adware affects the various Windows operating systems and may be noticeable by the presence of more pop-ups on the web browser and a possible reduction in computer performance.
Some adware programmes include codes used for tracking and collecting information about users, their computers, websites visited and so on. This is then called Spyware.
Combating Adware and Spyware is fairly easy with programmes such as Ad-Aware or Spybot, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Internet and regularly updated. There are also commercial packages for sale.
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