The imminent dangers faced by Digital Citizens in Cyber Space
Activity 2A
Watch the following video and post your responses as comment to the questions that follows:
A Globally Connected Institution of Science and Technology
Monday, 18 February 2013
20130218 (II) Character Education & Digital Citizenship Programme
Activity 2A
Watch the following video and post your responses as comment to the questions that follows:
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People get scammed and lose money, or get cheated into things, even have viruses downloaded unknowingly.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have not.
Do not "friend" unknown people or open files of unidentified sources.
Do not download things from the web or unreliable sources.
Some people give their own personal information to scammers, allowing them to be easy targets of losing money or getting cheated.
ReplyDeleteNo.
We should download softwares, games or other platforms that are unreliable or is obscure. We also should not befriend netizens whom you do not know.
We should download?
DeleteWe should download?
Delete1)Malwares,spywares,trojans,worms and other viruses
ReplyDelete2)No
3)Their firewalls should always be switched on and must not take the risk when you are going to a website that has a virus.
People are tricked into thinking that some websites are real when they are not and end up revealing their personal information to the hacker.
ReplyDeleteno
do not simply reveal any of your personal information to a website that seems legitimate.
Identify a few imminent dangers faced by netizens identified in the video. Malware, hacking.
ReplyDeleteHave you or someone you know been victims of such cyber dangers? If yes what is the nature of the cyber dangers. No.
What are some of the possible preventive measures that netizens could take against such possible dangers? They could restrain from opening weird emails and download things from sources that they do not know of.
People hacked into bank accounts through the web and hence stole money from companies.
ReplyDeleteNo i have not.
Not to download illegal materials, befriend strangers online, open files from unreliable sources and spread viruses online through social networking. (eg facebook and twitter)
Peoples money gets stolen,they lose their personal information and they are tricked to download virusus
ReplyDeleteNo
Do not pass on those emails that asks you to pass them on on and do not give your personal information away
1)Hackers can hack into others' computers and get personal information from the person. He/She can then threaten the person for money. People can also get scammed on the internet and can also get cheated or they can also download viruses unknowingly.
ReplyDelete2)No I have not.
3)We should not start a chat with people that we do not know or open files of which their sources we do not know of.
-Netizen's accounts and private information might get hacked and thus hackers could rob their money. There are also numerous viruses and malwares.
ReplyDelete- I do not know of anyone who has been victims of cyber dangers.
-They can protect their computer and not store personal or private information in it before securing it.
People will get cheated of their money, or their computer will get infected with viruses.
ReplyDeleteYes I have. My friend got cheated into thinking that she could get tickets to a 1D concert at a cheaper rate, but ended up losing money. The website seemed very "innocent" and "approved".
By not going to illegal websites or buying things from illegal websites, or even downloading anything online as they could contain viruses.
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DeleteHackers would know about someone's own personal information, and their bank accounts/companies will lose money. If the person does not have any protection on the computer, then it would be infected with malware and viruses.
ReplyDeleteSome charities. They lost money.
Have an anti-virus installed, do not just download music/other stuff from unknown websites.
People may find their computer being hacked and that may cause them to lose money and documents that are important.
ReplyDeleteNo,I have not.
They can buy reliable softwares to protect their computers and do not download things from unreliable sources.
Many people get cheated and in the process they lose a lot of money. They also sometimes download viruses onto their computer without knowing themselves. An example of a virus is the malware virus.
ReplyDeleteNo, I have not yet
Do not publish personal information for example your house address and Do not download stuff unknowingly onto your computer without your parents consent if your too young.
-Netizens download content which they think is safe but in reality they contain viruses which damages the software and may possibly hack their computer.
ReplyDelete-No
-We should purchase anti-viruses and install them in our computers as fast as possible.
I forgot to add phishing.
ReplyDelete1. The dangers are malware which gathers sensitive information from victims and phishing sites, which are almost the same as malware but it is a site to trick you into filling in your personal information and such. The result of the dangers would be getting your personal information leaked out.
ReplyDelete2. No.
3. Never open emails from unknown people, don't download files from unreliable sources and don't tell strangers your personal information.
People hacked into bank accounts of different places and stole a lot of money that are enough to help other needy people.
ReplyDeleteNo
We can prevent ourself from downloading materials that are harmful to our computer and not to reveal our personal informations to others online.
People hacked other companies and stole their money.
ReplyDeleteNo I have not.
We should not download softwares that are from unreliable sources.
Malware, can lose money, can get cheated by downloading viruses
ReplyDeleteNo I have not.
We should not download softwares that are from unreliable sources. We should not reveal our personal information.
Malware, can lose money, can get cheated by downloading viruses
ReplyDeleteNo I have not.
We should not download softwares that are from unreliable sources. We should not reveal our personal information.