Lesson - Ethics on the internet

ONLINE SAFETY

• e-safety or cyber safety, refers to the maximization of the internet user’s knowledge and awareness of safety protocols, online crimes, and security risks in the private property and information which are connected to the use of internet.

ONLINE SECURITY

• refers to the rules that are followed and the actions that are taken to make sure that online users and data privacy aren’t compromised by cybercriminals (Mocan, 2019)

ONLINE CRIMES

• violations that inflict harm to other people by internet users

1.CYBERBULLYING
2.IDENTITY THEFT
3.PHISHING
4.PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

• online crimes are in the following forms

CYBERBULLYING

• republic act of 10627 or the anti-cullying act of 2013 defines bullying as “any severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal, or electronic expression, or a physical act of gesture, or any combination there of, directed at another student that has the effect if actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damaged to his property”

FLAMING

• is an online fight using electronic messages with angry and vulgar language

HARASSMENT

• is the act of repeatedly sending nasty, mean, and insulting messages

DENIGRATION

• is sending or posting gossip or rumors about a person to damage his or her reputation or friendships

IMPERSONATION

• is when someone is pretending to be someone else to damage that person’s reputation or friendships

OUTING

• is the act of sharing someone’s secrets or embarrassing information or images online

TRICKERY

• is when someone is talking to a person to let him or her reveal his or her secrets or embarrassing information an the, shares the information online

EXCLUSION

• is when one is intentionally or cruelly excluded form an online group

CYBERSTALKING

• is the act of repeated, intense, harassment and denigration that includes threats or creates significant fear.

1.INFORM A TRUSTED PERSON
2.TRY NOT TO INTISGATE
3.BLOCK CONNECTION WITH THE BULLY
4.ALWAYS BE AWARE
5.LOGOUT FROM ONLINE ACCOUNTS
6.BE NOT A CYBERBULLY

• when cyberbullying is observed, it is best to do the following

IDENTITY THEFT

• US department of justice defines “identity theft” and :identity fraud” as “all types of crimes in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain

1.GOOD PASSWORD
2.REPORT IDENTITY THEFT

• practical tips that should be observed to be protected from online identity theft and fraud

PHISHING

• the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information such as passwords and credit card numbers (Oxford Lexico)

1.BE SCRUTINIZING OF THE WEBSITE THAT YOU ARE LOGGED IN
2.BE CAUTIOUS ON GIVING INFORMATION ONLINE
3.BE ALERT WITH LINKS SENT VIA MESSAGES AND EMAILS

• these are ways to be secured from phishing attacks. one might consider the following

PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

• is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it in your work without full acknowledgement (University of Oxford)

• occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner (US Office of copyright)

• the best way that you can avoid these crimes is to be respectful of other’s intellectual properties

COMMON INTERNET SECURITY THREATS

• many threats are present on the internet. Internet security threats are danger that are associated with using the internet. there are multitude of concepts related to internet threats.

1.MALWARES
2.COMPUTER WORMS
3.SPAMS
4.PHISHING

• most common forms identified by McAfee Corporation

MALWARES

• this is the shortened form of malicious software. some of the examples of malwares are computer viruses, worms, and dishonest spyware

COMPUTER WORMS

• these are programs that can replicate themselves from one computer to another in great volume and can spread themselves rapidly without human intervention

SPAM

• generally, unwanted messages are harmless. they are usually junk mails sent in your email, but there are times that they contain links that put you at risk. these links may be connected to malwares that intent to steal your data

PHISHING

• these scams are created by cybercriminals who intend to ask for private or elicit information from their victims

INTERNET SECURITY STRATEGIES

• there is no one way to secure any network or computer connected to the internet. It is best, therefore, that internet security must require product and technology combinations to give utmost security for the network and the users.

1.BROWSER SELECTION
2.EMAIL SECURITY
3.MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION (MFA)
4.FIREWALLLS

• internet security strategies comes in the following forms