#16 Safe Practices for Life Online Answers

1. Three online social networking sites that are used to form connections are Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
2. There have been arrests for things posted on social media such as threats at schools like Southern Mississippi where a student posted a threat on Yik Yak and was caught and charged. According to educationworld.com a student in New Jersey posted vulgar and pornographic words on Twitter to get him expelled from school.
3. -According to the article “Let's Settle This Once and For All: What Exactly Is Sexting?” by Sam Biddle, sexting is a combination of sex and texting where people are pretending to have sex over text

-According to the article “Cramming” by Investopedia, cramming is an emergency test preparation where students try to learn a lot of information in a short amount of time.

-According to techtaret.com, Margaret Rouse defines cookies as information that a website puts on your hard drive so it can remember something about you later

-According to techtarget.com, Margaret Rouse defines a trojan horse as a program that has a harmful code in it that can damage your computer.

-According to computerworld.com, phishing is a technique that is used to get people’s personal information to commit fraud crimes.

-According to techtarget.com, spyware is technology that gets personal information from a person without them knowing about it.

-According to the article “Security News,” rootkit is a software that hides the fact that an operating system has been comprised. Rootkit allows viruses to hide in plain sight and destroy your computer.

-According to techtarget.com, a zombie is a computer that a remote attacker has accessed and set up viruses and spam to other computers through the internet. This is usually done to get money.

4. These screen names are all bad because they give the users a bad reputation before the people even know them. They are all negative names and give the user a negative name.
5. Someone might harass people with these screen names because the user is giving out bad information about themselves and people can see this and use it against them.
6. All of these screen names have the users real name in them or something they are interested in so if someone is trying to find this person they could look up their name that is provided in the screen name or go to the sporting event or activity that they are attending and find them because their username gave away that information.
7. i8sushi2: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

Soccerstar: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

Puppygirl1234: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

Keke1995: no, possible birth year at the end

Bookworm: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

2BorNot2b: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

Choco-holic: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

CapitlOfens:yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

AmericanIdol2: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

BellaIsabella: no, person’s name

DarkAngel666: no, negative attention

Karla-Love-1996: no, name and birth year

SimpMe: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

gUn4hiRe: no, negative attention

babyfaceLA: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing

Watup?: yes, no negaive attention, bad language, not revealing   

8.      a.   Strongman425  

2. MS_Angel333
3. ChildoftheKING   

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     a.   no

2. no
3. no
4. yes +2
5. yes +2
6. yes +2
7. no
8. no
9. no
10. no
11. no
12. no
13. no
14. no   
15. yes +2
16. no

10.   most common-  Students give their passwords to others, who decide to use it others

  least common- a password-cracking program is used to crack passwords

11.   The video was informative.  the man in the video is logging into an infected website with his personal computer to show how quickly a computer can be infected. He also is showing how dangerous some websites are.  His computer showed a message claiming that he has a spyware infection on his computer. However, when he clicks the icon and program pops up that he never installed claiming to be a virus scanner. Things to look for when detecting a virus is unusual apps in your program bar and pop-up window ads.

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     False Sales Advertisements Lead to Financial Loss in Excess of $20 Million -

    From June 2009 to June 2014 the Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 6800 complaints concerning criminals aiming online consumers by posting false advertisements for high priced items such as automobiles, boats, heavy equipment, and other similar items. These complaints total more than $20 million in reported losses." According to the article, criminals post false advertisements that put an item up for sale with a fake photo to make buyers interestes. The criminal also uses a phone number or email, then the consumer calls or emails the criminal to buy the item. After the consumer gives the criminal their email, the criminal sends them pictures about the item they're supposedly selling and ensures the consumer's purchase will be safe and secure by using Ebay. However, Ebay is not really what is being used. . The criminal sends a false confirmation email that includes the fraudulent transaction number and expected delivery date of the item that says it is from Ebay.  If the buyer tries to call about the item they have bought, the calls are screened or the line is "busy". The buyer never receives their item and they lose the money they spent to the criminal.
    The article gives these tips to avoid this happening to others:
    • Use search engines or other websites to research the advertised item or person/company selling the item.
    
    
    • Search the Internet for any negative feedback or reviews on the seller, their e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, or other searchable identifiers.
    
    
    • Research the company policies before completing a transaction. For example, ensure the seller accepts payments via credit card as Ebay does not conduct wire transfers and only uses PayPal to conduct transactions.
    
    
    • Be cautious when responding to advertisements and special offers.
    
    
    • Be cautious when dealing with persons/companies from outside the country.
    
    
    • Maintain records for all online transactions.