MSTE 4 - LIVING IN THE IT ERA MIDTERM - WEEK 1

ONLINE SAFETY
SECURITY
ETHIC AND
ETIQUETTE
INTRODUCTION
The Internet is defined as the
“Information Superhighway.”
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
FIRST NAME
Risk: There is a risk sharing your
first name. Chances are that a
“hacker” may already know plenty
of stuff about you even if you give
out your first name.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
LAST NAME
Risk: If sharing your first is a small risk,
having both your first and last name is
more risky. You will be vulnerable to
being searched for using search engines,
which include image search. Matching a
name with a face is a modus to several
cybercrimes like “Identity Theft”
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
MIDDLE NAME
Risk: Sharing your middle name alone is
probably not the most risky of these
shared information, but sharing your full
name would be.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS
SCHOOLS
Risk: Most people who steal
identities study their subject.
They can use this information for
verification purposes.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
YOUR CELLPHONE
NUMBER
Risk: Your cellphone number
should never be posted over the
internet. The Internet is a public
place.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
NAME OF YOUR MOTHER
AND FATHER
Risk: Risky, yet not as risky as
posting their full names,
especially your mother’s maiden
name.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
NAME OF YOUR SIBLINGS
Risk: Disclosing this is a huge risk.
Strangers may pretend or use
their identity to dupe you.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
YOUR ADDRESS
Risk: Giving the Internet your
number is one thing; giving them
your address is a whole other
level. It will be much easier for
criminals to find you.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
YOUR HOME PHONE
NUMBER
Risk: This shared information is
more risky than sharing your
personal phone number. Scams
usually use this information
deceive you, one of which is when
stranger pretends to be you.
TYPE OF INFORMATION:
YOUR BIRTHDAY
Risk: Letting people know your
birthday is probably a must if you
want to get as many gifts as
possible. Not having it in profile
makes you vulnerable to identity
theft.
 Be mindful of what you share
01. online and what site you share
it to.

TIPS TO
STAY SAFE
Do not just accept terms and
02. conditions, read it.

ONLINE Check out the privacy policy

03. page of a website to learn

how the website handles the
information you share.
 Know the security features of
04. the social networking site you

TIPS TO
use. By keeping your profile
private, search engines will

STAY SAFE
not be able to scan your
profile.

ONLINE 05.
Do not share your password
with anyone.
 Avoid logging in to public
06. networks/Wi-Fi. Browsing in

TIPS TO
“incognito (or private) mode,”
a feature of the browser, will

STAY SAFE
not protect you from hackers.

ONLINE 07.
Do not talk to strangers
whether online or face-to-
face.
 Never post anything about a
08. future vacation. It is similar to
posting, “Rob my house at this

TIPS TO date.”

STAY SAFE 09.

Add friends you know in real
life.

ONLINE
10.
Avoid using untrusted
websites.
 Install and update an antivirus

11. software on your computer.

Use only one anti-virus

TIPS TO
software to avoid conflicts.

STAY SAFE 12.

If you have a Wi-Fi at home,
make it private network by

ONLINE
adding a password.

13.
Do not reply or click links from
suspicious emails.
 Avoid downloading anything
14. from untrusted websites. You
are most vulnerable in peer-

TIPS TO
to-peer downloads (torrents)
as the download is most likely
not monitored by the site

STAY SAFE owner.

ONLINE 15.
Buy the software; do not use
pirated ones.
PROTECTING
REPUTATIONS ONLINE
Before you post something on the
web, ask these questions to
yourself: Would you want your
parents or grandparents to see it?
Would you want your future boss
to see it? Once you post something
on the web, you have no control of
who sees your posts.
PROTECTING
REPUTATIONS ONLINE
Your friends depend on you to
protect their reputation online.
Talk to your friends about this
serious responsibility.
PROTECTING
REPUTATIONS ONLINE
Avoid using names. Names are
easy to search engines to scan.

If you feel that a post can affect

you or other’s reputation, ask the
one who posted it to pull it down or
report as inappropriate.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR
LISTENING!