CHAPTER 6: INTERNET – ETHICS AND SAFEGUARD

 CHAPTER 6: INTERNET – ETHICS AND SAFEGUARD

D. Differentiate between the following.

1. SPAM and PHISHING

Email spam, also known as junk mail, involves sending unwanted messages by a spammer to a large number of recipients while Phishing is a scam in which we receive an official or legitimate looking email message that attempts to obtain our personal and/or financial information.

 2. HACKER and CRACKER

Hacker refers to someone who accesses a computer or network illegally. This can happen either for positive or negative reasons while A cracker is someone who also accesses a computer or network illegally, but has the intent of destroying data, stealing information, or carry out other malicious action.

 E. 1. What is Cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is harassment that takes place using technology which includes sending or forwarding threatening text messages, posting embarrassing or altered pictures of someone without his or her permission.

 2. What is Social engineering?

Social engineering is a term used for gaining unauthorized access or obtaining confidential information by taking advantage of the trusting human nature of some victims.

 F. 1. How can we protect our computer from Hacking?

We should make a strong password and change it frequently. Our password should be at least six characters long and include at least one number, combination of upper and lowercases letters and special character (@, *, &, !, etc.). Our latest password should be different from any other passwords that we have used. It is strongly advised that we use different passwords for all different accounts.

2. Why should we not save password of our account in a particular website?

We should not save password of an account in a particular website because, in future, anyone else who uses our computer might also be able to access our account from the site without our permission.

 3.  Write any two roles of parents and teachers in protecting the children in the virtual world.

a. Parents and teachers should advise children to play only those online games which are suitable for their age.

b. Parents and teachers should advise children not to share any personal information to any unknown person.

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