Digital Safety Online
By Elias Metaxas
What are your rights and responsibilities in a digital world?
The rights and responsibilities are the most important thing in the digital world. Without it you leave yourself open to many different online attacks, to online bullying, cyberbullies and threats.
Pin numbers
A PIN (Personal Identification Number) is a numeric password shared between a user and a system, that can be used to authenticate the user to the system.
Biometric scanners
Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric data are separate and distinct from personal information.
Encryption
Encryption is the conversion of electronic data into another form, called ciphertext, which cannot be easily understood by anyone except authorized parties.
Where to get information and help
ThinkUKnow
This is one of the most reliable websites in the world where you can get good info and tips
This is one of the most reliable websites in the world where you can get good info and tips
Forensic Computing
Computer forensics is the application of investigation and analysis techniques to gather and preserve evidence from a particular computing device in a way that is suitable for presentation in a court of law.
Internet Safety - Newsround Caught In The Web (9 Feb 2010)
What should you avoid doing?
You should avoid putting your settings in public because as i said before strangers could go in your account and see your photos and where you live. Also you should avoid writing mean things to other people, this is a way of cyberbullying.