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EXPLORING THE WORLD WIDE WEB

SAFE SURFING ACTIVITY

Watch the video at youtube.com/watch?v=gMZuObBv8uM to see how a prudish Victorian might have surfed the web!

Next go to childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/staying-safe-online. This Childline web page

includes a lot of interesting and useful information about staying safe online. Using this information answer the following
questions.

Question Answer

1. If you upload some photos you can make sure that your parents and teachers can’t see them online. True or false?

2. Privacy settings on all websites are set to stop people getting hold of your full name, address and mobile number.
True or false?
3. If someone contacts you online to say that you have been talent spotted and they would like to offer you a part in
a TV programme should you:
a. Reply to find out more information? or
b. Check the information they have given you as far as possible and then reply? or
c. Don’t reply and talk to your parents or teacher about the message?

4. You should always use a long password (more than 8 characters) for your social media accounts. True or false?

5. It’s quite safe to give out your password if a school teacher that you don’t know phones you. True or false?

6. https at the beginning of a web address shows that it is secure. True or false?

7. Choosing 3 or 4 random words and stringing them together makes a good password. True or false?

8. You can safely ignore app updates for 6 months. True or false?

9. Passwords that use a mix of lower case letters, upper case letters, numbers and special characters (like %, # and £)
are best. True or false?

10. You can trust everything you read on social media. If it’s untrue someone will delete the information. True or false?