1-6 Dangers To Be Aware of Like Spam and Phishing

Not all messages are from people you know and not all electronic communication is harmless. There are often bad things written into the code of electronic messages that can do serious damage to your computer, steal personal information, and spy on you when you are online. The more you know about Spam and Phishing, the safer your personal life and private information will be.

Dangers To Be Aware of Like Spam and Phishing

One of the problems with most e-mail is that you can get spammed. Spam is defined by Wikipedia as:

Email spam, also known as junk email or unsolicited bulk email, is a subset of electronic spam involving nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by email. Clicking on links in spam email may send users to phishing web sites or sites that are hosting malware. 

Activity 1

Watch this video. It explains spam and phishing. It gives good advice for e-mail users.

http://safari.sweetwaterschools.org/?g=b58b9de7-382f-11e4-a128-782bcb619dab Links to an external site. Links to an external site.

You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/embed/PxGbCxNDn_0 Links to an external site.

1. Create two slides in Educreations (or another presentation tool like Power Point, Google Docs, Splice, Notability).

Or....you can use your iPad to voice or video record yourself answering these questions.

Slide 1 should explain or illustrate what spam is.

Slide 2 should explain or illustrate what phishing is.

When you finish, submit your slides or recording to Canvas.

Activity 2

Watch this second video about spam. It was created for kids. Which video did you think was more informative and interesting to watch, the one created for kids or the one created for adults? Explain your answer.

Write your answer in a Google Doc or Notability page and submit your answer to Canvas.

http://safari.sweetwaterschools.org/?g=21102ff7-9ad5-11e5-8135-782bcb619dab

You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_U2MFtU55Q