COMPUTING Online Safety (Phishing, Malware, Viruses, Plagiarism)

What is 'phishing'?

• Trying to catch a fish

• Sending messages to steal personal details

• Software that causes computer failure

• A website where you can input information

What is 'Malware'?

• Games and puzzle apps

• A game that includes bad guys

• Software that helps your computer

• Software designed to cause a virus or steal data

What is a computer virus?

• A disease that you can catch from working with a computer

• Information that is stored by a website

• Software that copies itself. It destroys and steals data.

• A problem with your software

What are website cookies?

• A file that you download

• Information about you that is stored by a website

• A delicious baked treat in the shape of a computer

• A menu to navigate a wesbite

What is a secure website?

• A government website

• A website where you can safely input personal information

• A website that you need a login for

• The police website

What is the usual symbol for a secure website?

• a key

• a shoe

• a padlock

• an exclamation mark

What is plagiarism?

• Stealing someone's data

• Stealing someone's work and claiming it is your own

• Stealing someone's bank details

• Stealing someone's login details

What can happen if you plagiarise?

• Nothing: everyone does it every now and then

• You might lose your driving license

• You can be expelled from college or get in trouble with the police

• You might be grounded

How can you avoid plagiarism?

• Make sure you don't get caught

• Make sure you remove any highlighting so that you don't get found out

• Make sure that you change the title

• Make sure that you always rewrite in your own words and cite your sources

What does S.M.A.R.T. stand for?

• (S)ort

  (M)essages

  (A)llowing

  (R)euse

  (T)ips

• (S)tay Safe

  Never (M)eet

  (A)ccepting files

  (R)eliable

  (T)ell

• (S)tart

  (M)illions

  (A)fter

  (R)obots

  (T)own

• (S)low

  (M)agazine

  (A)lways

  (R)espect

  (T)rips