Digital Safety - Lesson 2 Safeguards

How can you help protect your online privacy and security and prevent identity theft?

• Avoid giving out personal information online

  
  

• Use a strong password that can't be easily guessed

• All of these are true

• Never share your private login with others

Which of the following is a safety warning sign in an online environment?

• All of these are warning signs!

• A website is encouraging you to post private information online.

• A website is asking you to download a browser plug-in without explaining why it is needed.

• You are able to access private information online without a username or password.

True or False: As an Internet user, other people are mostly responsible for your own security!

• True

• False

Which of the following is the BEST way to deal with viruses and malware?

• Avoid infecting your computer in the first place!

• Download as many files as possible

• Visit as many websites as possible

• Click on all links in emails at least once

What does it mean to "quarantine" files on your computer?

• Running a file to see if it is bad

• Saving your virus files to compare with other files

• Moving a suspicious file to a sort of 'file jail' where it cannot do any harm.

• Moving a file to another drive on your computer