E-Safety EssayIntroduction - E-SafetyE-safety or electronic safety is about knowing the risks of technology and protecting yourself to feel safe when interacting with technology. It involves being protected from unsuitable materials and making sure that technology does not have a serious negative impact on your life. It also includes the safe use of information. Another aspect of e-safety is socializing with others safely. Some Internet dangers include phishing, spam, hacking, viruses, interaction with strangers, etc. Cyberbullying Cyberbullying is the use of technology to intentionally spread rumors or inappropriate content to aggressively harass or harm someone. A cyberbully can be someone you know in real life or online, they can hack your personal websites and blogs to post false statements to humiliate you, these bullies are usually anonymous and disclose personal information to make it difficult to track them. Cyberbullying usually takes place on different media such as email, Facebook, SMS, MySpace, etc. Online bullies spread lies and rumors about their victim and send and forward vulgar messages to them to lower their self-esteem, they also post photos of them without their permission. These images can sometimes be inappropriate or edited to make the person feel bad. They also pretend to be others to trick people into revealing personal information, which they can use against them. In addition to that, some bullies create applications that monitor you to obtain personal information about you and then threaten that they can use it against you. Cyber stalking is a form of cyber bullying for adults in which the victim threatens them about their job, earnings,...... middle of paper...... Gregg. “Cyberbullying challenges traditional stereotypes.” Cyberbullying challenges traditional stereotypes. Np, September 1, 2010. Web. April 11, 2014. "National Cybersecurity Alliance | StaySafeOnline.org." National Cybersecurity Alliance | StaySafeOnline.org. Np, nd Web. 12 April 2014. .Provos, Niels. “Google Online Security Blog.” : Safe browsing. Np, June 19, 2012. Web. April 12, 2014. Primavera, Tom. “Spam Killer.” PCWorld. Np, November 17, 2003. Web. April 12, 2014. Murphy, Richard McGill. “From zero to $1 billion.” CNNMoney. Cable News Network, April 27, 2006. Web. April 12. 2014. .
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