Discussion: Internet Safety #3

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2014-03-11T13:40:46-06:00

OK, now click on this link to see what other students thought about those questions. Did you have similar feelings or different ones?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Avq3-b4zCjYWdHdHN1RuclM5M3hhdGZUdGFDUDJaUnc

And here are two presentations that present some ideas related to privacy, information sharing, and safety on the Internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc3MkeJwtoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpN9NSYCAP8

Recognizing Dangerous Emails and Files: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/spot-dangerous-email-attachment/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=2014-01-21#comments

Passwords
So, it's good to say a few words about the ever-important password! What makes the best password? Remember, a good password:

1) is easy for you to remember. Having to write your password on a sticky note in your binder does no good!

2) is difficult for a computer program to try and figure out (which is what hackers do to harvest passwords).

Here are some strategies for creating passwords that are both easy to remember and hard to crack:

-- Think of a favorite scripture or phrase, and then write it using only the initials. So "I Will Go and Do" becomes "IWG&D" Then maybe add in some numbers, like here I might add in the chapter and verse number for this scripture: "IWG&D37".

-- Think of a phrase and then rewrite it using special characters. So the phrase "I love to eat donuts" becomes "1L0V3t0e@td0nut3"

-- Now, whichever strategy you use, make this your master password. Then to make a unique password, just add something to the end. This way, you can have different passwords for each program, which is very important, but it's still easy to remember because it's all based on the same master password. So using the first strategy above, if I were making a Gmail password, I might do this: "IWG&D37_gmail." For Facebook it would be "IWG&D37_FB"

-- Use a password program, where you make a super tough password that unlocks the program, and then the password program makes really random passwords automatically for all your other websites. If you go to a website, you use your master password to unlock the program, which then auto-fills in the password for that specific website. This is great because you can have truly unique and tough passwords for each program, and only have to remember one. But don't forget that one, or you're in trouble! Here's a review of some popular programs: http://www.pcworld.com/article/208113/Best_Password_Managers_Top_4_Reviewed.html

Avoiding Viruses

Probably the best tip for teaching students to avoid viruses is to simply not download or stream material that is illegal. You can find services on the Internet that will stream or let you download illegally movies and music, but they are typically attaching viruses to those files.

Reputation Management

OK, and here are some thoughts on Reputation Management on the Internet, and be sure to leave your thoughts on the questions therein!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASliAvwOJ8

Discussion

Please respond to the discussion questions asked in these presentations. All of these discussion pages are graded and worth 1/2 point.