Digital Safety
How To Be Safe Online
introduction
Social Media
Top 7 Rules About Internet Safety
- Don't share your passwords with anyone
- Don't share personal information online
- Don't talk to strangers
- Don't post inappropriate images
- If you are being blackmailed tell someone
- Make your account private
- Don't sext
Why you Shouldn't Post Inappropriate Images Online
Pin Number
Pin number is a four digit number known by the user and the system. If you want to buy something using a credit card you will have to know your pin code if you don’t you won’t be able to buy what you wanted. Many times people find out what someone's pin is and use the money from the credit card and using the person's money.
Biometrics
Biometrics is when the code for something is the fingerprint or the iris or even the voice of some specific people. The code can only be “unbroken” by the people who have their iris, voice or fingerprint as a code. The reason why these three are used for codes is because they are unique meaning that every person has a different one and no two individuals have the same. This code isn’t only used for places and for secret laboratories, the fingerprint scan is used in our everyday life for example it is used in some phones such as the iphone.
Encryption
Encryption is when a message is written in such a way that only the person who gets the letter understands what it says. Encryption is used to send secret messages and has been around for thousands of years. As the years go by the messages get harder to find and understand. encryption can vary. Sometimes the letters might be backwards and sometimes the letters might be numbers but what is for sure is that encryption has and will be around for a long time
Forensics Computing
Forensics computing is when a computer extracts and analyzes digital data to gain legal evidence