online safety staying safe in the internet age by ross parker

Online SafetyStaying Safe In The Internet Age by Ross Parker

A Seriously Funny Serious Tale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU

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

StalkingSocial engineering

Sexual assault

A: Bullying

Insulting, hurtful or rude textPrank videos and images

MasqueradingFilming without permission

A: Loss of Reputation

Information taken out of contextPosting inappropriate information

A: Theft

Intellectual property (IP)Plagarism

Identity theftCredit card fraud

A: Destruction of property

CrackingViruses

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 softwareResearch before installing

Remember, always think before you act

Credits & License

Licensed under Creative Commons SA-BY

Background image by brunogirin on Flickr