Safe Practices for Life Online

1. What are three online social networking sites that are used to form connections and develop relationships online?
a. Facebook
b. Twitter
c. LinkedIn

2. Consider the consequences. Conduct research into the consequences faced by students because of what they posted on their social network accounts. Vary your search strings by substituting words for 'expel' like 'arrest,' 'charged,' and 'discipline'.
Wow. Students charged and arrested of adult-sized crimes and murders because of outright admitting to their crime or posting evidence thereof in social media! Social media goes to more than just "who it's sent to"!

3. Define in your own words 'sexting', 'cramming,' 'cookies,' 'trojan horse,' 'phishing,' 'spyware,' 'rootkit,' and 'zombie'. (Write author, date, article name, and journal.)
sexting-  texting with sexual content. (internetslang.com accessed 9/24/13)
cramming- stuffing a large amount of something into a really small space (merriam-webster.com accessed 9/24/13)
cookies- information personal to you that is saved and stored on the web for the use of various web programs (merriam-webster.com accessed 9/24/13)
trojan horse- program that seems helpful but will destroy your data (merriam-webster.com accessed 9/24/13)
phishing- pertinent information given for seemingly harmless reasons via email (merriam-webster.com accessed 9/24/13)
spyware- information collected on how you use your computer (merriam-webster.com 9/24/13)
rootkit- a rootkit allows access to one's computer without the computer's owner being aware (veracode.com 9/24/13)
zombie- Usually activated by an unidentified Trojan, a zombie slowly more or less kills your computer. (zonealarm.com 9/24/13)

4. Why are these screen names poor choices? (Actual student screen names.)
Trashmouth
IHaveOnePairPants
BoogerDude
Pig

Any of the above screen names would be easy to identify on a small scale. If it can be identified on a small scale by something as simple as nicknames, it can be identified on a large scale as well.

5. Why might someone harass those with these screen names? Choosing the wrong screen name can encourage others to treat students poorly.
InYoFace
BadBoy2U
Lookin4Luv
IMAHottie
FatMama
suPaFlirt

Screen names such as these give permission to the public to see them as they either are seen by themselves or want to be seen. Either way is dangerous because there is always more to you than a label.

6. Too much info can be given through screen names. What info is being revealed through the following screen names?
Tom_Evans34
Missy-13
AndyKarateKid
ViolinGurl
restlinmatch

All of the above screen names give too much information on their personal identification whether by name, age, birth year, or hobby.

7. Good and bad choices for screen names. Write whether you think these are good choices or poor choices and why.
i8sushi2
Soccerstar
Puppygirl1234
KeKe1995
Bookworm
2BorNot2b
Choco-holic
CapitalOfens
AmericanIdol2
BellaIsabella
DarkAngel666
Karla-Love-1996
SimpyMe
gUn4hiRe
babyfaceLA
Watup?

I think these are all bad. All of these are either way too general or way too personal.

8. Create three different screen names that you think will meet all of the following guidelines:
Unlikely to attract negative attention. Free of bad language. Don't reveal too much personal information. Don't reveal a real name, age, or gender.
Persevere*2015
Fixit$omehow2013
GiveORtake20


9.How likely is it that a password can be cracked? A poor score is a warning to create a new password immediately.
a) Does your password include the name of a family member or pet? (-3)
b) Does your password include the birth date of a family member? (-3)
c) Does your password contain one or more words that could be found in a dictionary (including French, Spanish, Italian, German)? (-3)
d) Does your password contain a random set of numbers? (+2)
e) Does your password have 8+ characters? (+2)
f) Does your password contain both letters and numbers? (+2)
g) Does your password have less than six characters? (-1)
h) Does your password contain one or more non-number, non-letter characters, such as ! or = ? (+3)
i) Does your password contain the date of a well-known event, such as the date a particular baseball team won the pennant? (-1)
j) Does your password contain at least three numbers in numerical  sequence, such as "123"? (-2)
k) Does your password contain any word spelled backward? (-1)
l) Is your password written on a piece of paper within 15 feet of your computer? (-2)
m) Does your password contain a word repeated more than once? (-1)
n) Does your password contain your telephone nuumber, zip code, area code, or a portion thereof? (-2)
o) Does your password include a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters? (+2)
p) Have you ever shared your current password with a friend? (-3)

10. From the list below select the most-common reason and least-common reason that students' online accounts are broken into each year:
- a password-cracking program is used to crack their password
- others who know personal things about the student guess their password:    MOST-common
- students write their password down where others are able to see it
- students give their password to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others who use it
- other students see the password  as the student enters it on a keyboard:    LEAST-common