LESSON 2:

Online safety, security,

ethics, and etiquette
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to​understand
better the 24/7,social nature of digital media.
In particular, you will be able to:
● explore your digital life, and
● learn that it is important to act
responsibly when carrying out
relationships over digital media

Goal
 Activity 1

How is your digital

media life look like?
Hint: You have to think figuratively.
Complete the sentence…
Example…
My Food
media ________________ ________________
________________ ________________
life is like ________________
________________
________________
________________

….,
because Movie
Title
….. ________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
Questions to consider:
Are digital media a big part of your
life?
What kind of impact do digital media
have on you (a little, some, a lot)?
What are your favorite and least-
favorite things to do with digital
media?
Things to ponder:

“What is social
media’s role in
your life?”
Do you agree?
Social Media Life

vs
Digital Life
vs
How Safe Are You?
Type of Information Shared Not
Shared
1. First name
2. Last name
3. Middle name
4. Current and previous school
5. Cellphone number
6. Name of your mother and father
7. Name of your siblings
8. Address
9. Home phone number
10. Birthday
Social Media Life
Online Safety and Security
Internet is powerful tool
It can be used to promote your
business, gain new friends, and stay in
touch with the old ones
A source of entertainment through
games, online communities, and
everything in between
Online Safety and Security
Internet is one of the most dangerous
places, especially if you do not know
what you are doing with it.
How safe are you?
Type of information Risks
First Name A hacker may already know
plenty of stuff about you.
Last Name You will be vulnerable to
being searched for using
search engines. Matching a name is a
modus to several cybercrimes like
identity theft
How safe are you?
Type of information Risks
Middle Name Sharing it alone is not the
most risky, but sharing full name
would be
School Most people who steal
identities study their subject. They
can use this for verification purposes
How safe are you?
Type of information Risks
Name of father You may have already and
mother encountered many websites
that require mother’s maiden name
as an answer to a secret question
whenever lose password
Name of siblings Strangers may pretend or
use their identity to dupe you
How safe are you?
Type of information Risks
Address Giving them your address is
a whole other level. It is much
easier for criminals to find you.
Home phone Scams usually use this number
information to deceive you, one of
which is when a stranger pretends to
know your parents or pretends to
be you.
How safe are you?
Type of information Risks
Birthday It is vulnerable to identity
theft

Internet – information superhighway

- Anyone has access to his highway, can place

information and can grab that information.
Tips to stay safe online
1. Be mindful of what you share online and
what site you share it to.
2. Do not just accept terms and conditions;
read it.
3. Check out privacy policy page of a
website to learn how the website
handles the information you share
Tips to stay safe online
4. Know the security features of the social
networking site you use. By keeping your
profile private, search engines will not be
able to scan your profile
5. Do not share your password with anyone
6. Avoid logging in to public networks/Wi-
Fi. Browsing in “incognito (or private
mode),” a feature of browser will not
protect you from hackers.
Tips to stay safe online
7. Do not talk to strangers whether online
or face-to-face
8. Never post anything about a future
vacation. It is similar to posting, “Rob my
house at this date”
9. Add friends you know in real life
10. Avoit visiting untrusted websites
11. Install and update an antivirus software
on your computer. Use only one antivirus
to avoid conflicts.
Tips to stay safe online
12. If you have Wi-Fi at home, make it
private network by adding a password\
13. Avoid downloading anything from
untrusted websites. You are most
vulnerable in peer-to-peer downloads
(torrents) as the download is most likely
not monitored by site owner.
Tips to stay safe online
14. Buy the software; do not use pirated
ones
15. Do not reply or click links from
suspicious emails.
 Internet Threats
1. Malware – malicious software
a. Virus – designed to replicate itself and
transform from one computer to another.
b. Worm – often, uses computer network to
spread itself
 Internet Threats
c. Trojan – disguised as a useful program
but once downloaded or installed, leaves
your PC unprotected and allows hackers to
get your information

Ex. Rogue security software – misleads

users into believing there is a virus on their
computer, ant to pay money for a fake
malware removal tool.
 Internet Threats
d. Spyware – runs in background without
you knowing it (spy). It has ability to
monitor what you are currently doing and
typing through keylogging.

Keyloggers – used to record keystroke

done by the users. This is done to steal
password or any sensitive information
 Internet Threats

e. Adware – designed to send you

advertisements, mostly as pop-ups

2. Spam – unwanted email mostly from bots

or advertisers. Can be used to send malware
Internet Threats
3. Phishing – its goal is to acquire sensitive
personal information like passwords and
credit card details. This is done by sending
you email that will direct the user to visit a
website and be asked to update information

Pharming – more complicated way of

phishing were it exploits the DNS (domain
name service) system.
Protecting Reputations Online
- Embarrassing moments are captured using
any device you could imagine.
- Worse, people can easily upload it to the
internet, where it can be stored forever.
- This could impact not only your reputation
but also the people around you.
- Search engines keep them in their archives
for search results.
Think Before You Click
1. Before you post something on the web,
ask these questions to yourself:

- Would you want your parents or

grandparents to see it?
- Would you want your future boss to
see it?
Think Before You Click
2. Your friends depend on you to protect their
reputation online. Talk to your friends about
this serious responsibility.
3. Set your post to “private”. In this way, search
engines will not be able to scan that post.
4. Avoid using names. Names are easy for search
engines to scan.
5. If you feel that a post can affect you or other’s
reputation, ask the one who posted it to pull
it down or report as inappropriate.
Copyright Infringement
Intellectual property - If you create
something – idea, invention, form of literary
work, research, you have the right as to how
it should be used by others.

Not everything out there is free for you to

use. Contents that you see from websites
have their respective copyrights.
Tips to Avoid Copyright Infringement
1. Understand – Copyright protects literary
works, photographs, painting, drawings,
films, choreography and sculpture, but it
generally does not protect underlying ideas
and facts.

You can express something using your own

words, but you should give credit to the
source.
Tips to Avoid Copyright Infringement
2. Be responsible – Be responsible enough to
know if something has a copyright.
3. Be creative – Ask yourself whether you are
making something that came from you or
something made from somebody else’s
creativity. It is important to add your own
creative genius in everything that will be
credited to you.
Tips to Avoid Copyright Infringement
4. Know the law – There are some limitations
to copyright laws.

Fair use – An intellectual property may be

used without consent as long as it is used in
commentaries, criticisms, search engines,
parodies, news reports, research, library
archiving, teaching and education.

If you have doubts, seek permission.

Online Research
Try searching Madonna and The Madonna

The Madonna – representation of Mary in

the form of an art.

Madonna – music artist

Tips in Online Research
1. Have a question in mind – Focus on a
question and start with one. Never
search everything on one go.
2. Narrow it down – If the filters fail,
remember to narrow down

Example: Tom Sawyer animation rather

than Tom Sawyer
Tips in Online Research
3. Advance Search – This will allow you to
filter out information you don’t need.
Tips in Online Research
Tips in Online Research
Tips in Online Research
4. Look for credible source – Some wikis,
filled with updated information are not
credible source.

Journals, established news, magazine

websites, online encyclopedias, scholarly
databases
Tips in Online Research
5. Give credit – give credit to the original
author if you are going to use the
information.
Name of the person/organization (the author of
information). Title of the home page in italics.
URL. Date last seen.
Lapiz, Adrian Harold L. “Oleander’s Fun Facts
about Bananas.”http://oleander.penz.com/rando
m/bananalove.htm. Viewd on September 7, 2015.