safety using ict

Cyber Bullying

Cyber bullying is when a child targeting another child with the use of a wireless device like a phone or laptop. 22% of all children are bullied online, usually they are calling the child a name but sometimes they steal the child’s username and buy stuff online that would cost a fortune. Many children are too scared to tell their parents because the culprit sends threatening messages like “I know where you live”   

Spam

Spam is when a user sends copies of the same message, to force it on people who didn’t want to receive it. Practically all spam is advertising, often for many products; get rich quick schemes or semi legal services. Spam costs very little to send as most of the costs are paid by the recipient or carriers rather by the sender.   There are two main types of spam, and they have different effects on Internet users. Cancellable Usenet spam is a single message sent to 20 or more Usenet newsgroups.

Phishing

Phishing is an act when the sender sends an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to steal the user’s private information that can be used for identity theft. The email directs the user to a website where they would have to update personal information such as passwords and bank accounts that the real organization already has. The site however is a fake, set up only to steal the user’s information     

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a type of cheating but it is complicated so any kid would do it without knowing that they’ve done wrong. It is also using other people’s ideas and passing them off as your own. It’s not allowed in schools and colleges so it’s a good idea to learn the proper way to use resources, such as websites and book 

Loss of personal data

The loss of personal data is a regular occurrence across the country, largely because of poor security, portable computers and disk drives going missing. According to a new report in many cases, agencies do not know precisely what important information has been stolen or how many people could be affected by the data breach.