BEING SMART IN CYBER SPACE

How to improve you Cy-Q

By Kirah Branch

Top Ten Safety Tips For Kids! 1. Never give out your password.2. Don’t add or talk to people you don’t know 3. Do not discriminate anyone. 4. Do not meet up with people you don’t know even is you have talked to

them for 6 months on the internet. (they are still strangers) 5. Do not give out your names, addresses, phone numbers, school, or

other personal information online.6. Make sure you have strong security software.7. Set your page to private 8. Be careful what emails you do open some may contain virus and other

things you don’t want to see.9. Change you password regularly.10. Being careful is the key.

PasswordsWhat should you have in your password?

Your password should contain letters and numbers.How often should you change your password?

If you don't tell any one your password you will only need to change it once or so a year but if you have a habit of sharing your password you should

probably change it every month or so just to be safe.Who should have your password?

You should be the only person to have your password if you feel the need to tell someone it tell your parents because they are less likely to send people

abusive messages using you email address.

Keep your password locked in your brain and no one else's

How to look after your Identity on the Internet

•Do not give personal information to other people using the internet.•On internet pages do not put your full name your location or anything that people could trace you and find you. •Make sure that you site may it be a MySpace, Facebook ect Is set to private and only add people that you know.•Some personal information that you can put on your site, page is your first name a photo your interests things that people wont be able to trace you down with.

Being safe using EmailYou should only give you email out to people that you know, people that you are friends with, not to strangers because they can locate

where you are what you are doing send you virus and send you thing you don’t want to see.

Keep your password to yourself if you tell people your password they could hack onto your email read your sent and received files.Don't even give your password to your best of friends because you may end up having a fight and they could log onto your email and send abusive mail to you other friends causing you and your other

friends grief.

1. Remember to treat others online as you would like to be treated.2. When you receive an e-mail which says to send it to everyone you know, please don’t.3. When you send messages online, make yourself look good by proofreading and correcting mistakes before pressing the send button.4. Do not type messages in ALL CAPITALS. It’s like shouting.5. Respect other people’s privacy. Do not forward other people’s e-mails without their permission.6. Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes online.7. Ask before you send huge attachments. 8. Keep your communications short and to the point.9. The internet is not private. It is a mistake to assume that it is.10. Do not leave the subject field blank in e-mails.11. Do not forward jokes, chain letters or unimportant e-mails without the recipient’s permission.12. If you receive a nasty e-mail do not respond immediately, if at all.13. Do not forward virus warnings. They are generally hoaxes.

Follow these guide lines and you will improve your own Cy-Q

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