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Internet Safety Assignment

   

Added on  2020-12-29

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Leaflet about Internet Safety

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTIONInternet safety can be described as things one should take care while accessing internet.The report consists of importance of internet safety as well as problems faced by individuals oninternet from cyber bullying to hacking etc. It analyses description about digital footprints andalso about internet crimes that are increasing day by day and safety ensures that can be taken byindividuals.Internet SafetyIntroductionInternet safetyInternet is one of the bestsignificant resource whichhelps individuals, children,young people, adults to connectand communicate with largenumber of people across theworld and can also get access toinformation and be creative byusing various devices (Fu, andet.al., 2017). The growth in theinternet gave rise to variouscrimes and threats such asinternet scams, internet crime,cyberbullying, cyberstalking,email frauds, hacking,spamming, phishing, etc. Digital footprintsIt is also known as digitaldossier. It includes all thedata, information, website,emails, sites, etc. which can beeffectively tracked usingdigital footprints. There aretwo types of digital footprintswhich can be classified intoactive footprints and passivefootprints. Active digitalfootprints are those which aredeliberately submitted onlineby the user. Informationconveyed using email,Facebook, twitter, Instagram,social networks, blog, imageand video upload, chats,phone calls are some of theways which create activedigital footprints. Internet crimeIt is an illegal activitywhich is conducted usingthe internet. Internet crimeaffects the privacy of theindividual and mainlycomprisesofcyberbullying, financialextortion, data hacking,harassment, emailphishing, hijacking,counterfeiting, passwordtrafficking, data theft,software piracy, etc. Guarding and respectingonline privacy: Protectingpersonal data andinformation of theindividual is of keysignificance to protect themfrom increasing internetcrime. Measures to guardand respect online privacyare:

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