- Use only strong passwords. Do not use the same passwords for social media and the workplace/school systems.
- Do not open suspicious attachments or links.
- Do not let your browser save the username and password in the memory of the computer or mobile device, even if the browser is proposing.
- Delete browsing history from time to time, especially if you are using other than your own computer.
- Never send confidential information via online forms, if the network connection is not SSL protected. During a secure connection, the browser reads https:// in the address bar (notice the ‘s‘- letter) and the bottom bar has a lock icon.
- Remember that the service administrators can access all of the technical service with stored data, including the discussions, and that the services of stored data may not be removed from the site in any way.
- Think about what matters and what you want to publish openly on the web. Can this information or image be open for public even five years from now? If you save your files to a Foreign Service providers’ servers, they do not always allow yourself to uninstall those documents. If a Foreign Service provider stops their service, what will happen to your documents? Where will the documents and files end up then?
- Remember that the Internet is a public space. For every online activity, browsing the network website and participation in the discussions will leave some traces. For example, by the use of IP address of the machine you have been using, it is possible to find out where you’ve been surfing and for how long and what activities have you practiced. This information through cookies may be combined into collected information data.
CYBER-BULLYING
World wide net is a is a place where one can bully and be bullied just like at school. Anonymous acting may obscure the notion that one is indeed bullying and hurting someone. Transition of bullying to the web and social media is also unfortunate because the young is not able escape from being bullied in their spare time or even when he or she returns home. Most of the (online) cyberbullying takes place between friends. The bully and the bullied know each other from school or even from the same hobby.
Cyber-bullying can be, for example:
- Mocking or threatening message
- Spreading gossip or personal information
- Manipulation and the dissemination of images
- Using someone else’s username
- Exclusion from the group or conversation
- Passwords cheating
If you are bullied or see someone being bullied:
- Inform your group counselor, curator or anyone belonging to the staff.
- You may inform student tutors or members of the student union.
- You can tell it anonymously during a group discussions, for example.