'Safe Practices for Life Online'

1. What are three online social networking sites that are used to form connections and develop relationships online?

• Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace

2. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/02/fed-up-north-carolina-father-shoots-daughters-laptop/

3. Definitions (Source: techterms.com)

• Sexting - sending erotic materials via text message
• Cramming - to learn a large amount of information in a short period of time
• Cookies - saved information about user from visited websites
• Trojan Horse - a hacking program disgusted as a safe program
• Phishing - the act of stealing one's information 
• Spyware - a program that "spies" on your activities on the computer
• Rootkit - a  software that permits user unauthorized access
• Zombie - a computer that has been compromised

4. Why are these screen names poor choices? Actual student screen names: Trashmouth, IHaveOnePairPants, BoogerDude, Pig.

• When you create a screen name, you want it to be a positive and professional representation of yourself. 

5. Why might someone harass those with these screen names: InYoFace, Badboy2U, Lookin4Luv, IMAHottie, FatMama, suPaFlirt.  Choosing the wrong screen name can encourage others to treat students poorly.  

• The screen names listed above are set up to where the user will be harassed.  Lookin4Luv may project to other users as a desperate single person.  InYoFace and Badboy2U sound like a threat.  IMAHottie and suPaFlirt sounds very egotistical. 

6. Too much info can be given through screen names.  What info is being revealed through the following screen names?

• Tom_Evans34: Tom has revealed his full name and possible age.
• Missy-13: The 13 may represent her age or the year of her graduation which will allow another user to find out her age.  This screen name also reveals her name.
• AndyKarateKid: Andy is a kid who likes/does karate.
• ViolinGurl: This female plays the violin.
• restlinmatch: This person either likes wrestling or does wrestling, or both!

7. Good and bad choices for screen names.  Write whether you think these are good choices or poor choices and why.  

• Depending on the setting of the screen names, I feel that the good screen names are: i8sushi2, Soccerstar, Puppygirl1234, Bookworm, 2BorNot2b, Choco-holic, AmrcanIdol2, and SimpyMe.  Those screen names does not provide too much personal information.  On the other hand, the bad screen names are: KeKe1995, CapitlOfens, BellaIsabella, DarkAngel666, Karla-Love-1996, gUn4hiRe, babyfaceLA, and Watup?  These screen names either reveal too much personal information or negative representation of the user.  

8. Create three different screen names that you will meet all of the following guidelines: Unlikely to attract negative attention, free of bad language, don't reveal too much personal information, don't reveal real name, age, or gender.

• YellowDaisies, BubblegumPop, AutumnSkies  

9. How likely is it that a password can be cracked?  A poor score is a warning to create a new password immediately.  

• My score for the password quiz is +6, which means it is less likely that my password will be cracked.  

10. List the most common reason and least common reason that students' online accounts are broken each year.

• Most Common Reason: Students give their password to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others who use it
• Least Common Reason: Other students see the password as the student enters it on a keyboard