Crossing the Information
Superhighway:
Look Both Ways!
Overview
• What is the information superhighway
• Email practices and security
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Do you care about your looks?
Is your privacy important?
Is your computer the next to die?
Are you safe in your own world?
• Social Networking
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Internet Usage
Private and Personal Information
Personal and Social Web Pages
Group Activity
The Information Highway
• What is the internet?
• How does information travel on the Internet?
• What happens when there is a traffic jam?
• How does the Internet grow?
Source: technet.microsoft.com
Do you care about your looks?
• Would you want to be called your email
address?
– Hey “BellyFlopper995”, would you like to dance?
– So “CrackHead666”, why do you want this job?
• Choosing your email “handle” is a
representation of your own self image.
– When choosing, think about whether you want
that tag following you for the foreseeable future.
– There are people in this world that still call me
“Lui Jay” and I am 48 years old!
Is Your Privacy Important?
• How easy is your password to crack?
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Is it your boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s name?
Is it a word in the dictionary?
Do you protect it like your life depends on it?
Do you believe that email is confidential?
• In a word, these things are illusions
– Email is stored and is usually retrievable later
– Don’t write in email that which you don’t want
public
– Choose passwords with upper/lower case letters,
numbers and punctuation if possible
Privacy Made Public
• Remember Sarah Palin?
– Her email account was hacked by an
adolescent – are you safe from your friends or
enemies?
• Did Miley Cyrus like having private shower
pictures posted on the web?
• Email can be subpoenaed as evidence in
court cases
• There should be no assumption of privacy
Is Your Computer the Next to Die?
• Do you look at sender/subject
information before opening and email?
– If not, then you are a target!
• Will you allow a program from an
unknown source to install on your
computer?
– If so, then you are a target!
• Social Engineering is the most prevalent
way for viruses to be distributed
– Pictures of Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp,
Miley Cyrus or Taylor Lautner anyone?
Are You Safe in Your Own World?
• Have you ever received an email from a bank?
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What did it say?
Did you follow the links?
Did they ask for personal information?
Could you be the next victim?
• Safeguard your personal data!
– Don’t give your SSN, DOB and other important
information to others without a reason
– Be wary of any emails or websites asking for this
– Banks Do Not “verify” your personal data over the
internet
Internet Usage
• Internet access
• What do you use the internet for?
• What social networking sites are out there
(ex. Facebook)?
• How many of you have your own web page or
a page hosted by a social networking service?
• What information do you provide on your
page?
Private and Personal Information
• What's Private Identity Information?
– Information that reveals who you are or where
you can be found
• What's Personal Information?
– Information about yourself, your family, and
friends that cannot be used to identify you or
them
Know the Risks
• Revealing Private or Personal
Information
– Social networking  ID theft
– Social Networking Stalkers
– Employers
– Criminal
Friends are Risky Too
• Are you better off if you have more friends
– What privileges do they have for being your
friend
• Risks of befriending people you don’t know
– N.C. man arrested in Virginia Beach in
connection with kidnap of S.C. girl
– Cyberbully stunt that led to the suicide of
Megan Meier
– Man Convicted Of Luring Minors On Internet
Web Site Evaluation Activity
• Break into groups of 4-5
• Use the list of private and personal
information we identified on the board
– Evaluate the personal Web page given to you
and the selection of photos
• How can you modify the page and the
photos?
Jessica’s Web Site
The Jessica S. Web Profile Page
Basic Facts
Hair: brown
eyes: brown
Height: 5' 1"
Where I live: Georgia
School: John F. Kenedy Jr. High, 7th Grade
My Hobbies & Interests
Mom and dad and my brother Joshua and sister Kate went on a awesom vacation to St. Simons Island. Driving thru Georgia was really boring but once
we were there we pigged out on pizza about 10 times. We hardly never eat good food, unless were goin to a Braves or Georgia Tech game.
My favorite stuff at school
I like Mrs. Anderson's english class cause shes so cool. and Mr. Hall's biology class cause Jill Prescott is there and we are buds. Plus I wana be a
scientist one day.
Send me mail
jsaunders16@aol.com
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/kid_sites/site1-JessyScott.htm
Adam’s Web Page
Heyyy--welcome to MY, Adam G.'s, site
If you're reading this, youre probably one of my friends--Steph, Jack, Pete, or hopefuly Dana Smith
About me (in case any of you...forgot): I live in Tuscon, Arizona, and go to middle school right in the city. Just turned 13,
actually--wish me happy b-day at ADAMG@yahoo.com!!
Here's a pic of me and my friends when we went skiing in Oregon--wake up, steph!! :)
so in case y'all havent heard, yes, i do like (duh duh duhhh) dana smith. that's right... i'll keep
everyone updated, except Pete. (naw u know im just messin with you, P)
Alright guys, i dont really feel like putting anything else up on here, but i guess if you got questions, just email me
(adamg@yahoo.com), i'll get back to you...maybe. Or just talk to me in school. LATER!
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/kid_sites/CYBERSMART--site1.html
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General: I love the outdoors, dancing, traveling out of
this boring town, hanging out partying with my friends
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Oct 31 2008 12:29pm
Music: I love all the music. Tell me where I can
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Movies: I catch a flick now and again with my peeps.
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Television: All the time!!!
Books: Oh man…I look at the pictures. Does that
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My twin brothers Bill and Bob late
to class…again!
Terry Weem, Clara Soy, and Donna
Parker from my old school…rockin’
the school gear!
Jesse and Lynn waiting at
our bus stop…I should be
a photographer!
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