Topic 3 - Online Communication

What is Encryption?

• Sending emails to people pretending to be a company, to gain personal information

• Stealing a persons information and pretending to be them

• Breaking into someone's computer and stealing information

• Encoding information

What is a Blog?

Answer explanation

An online journal or diary

What is Hacking?

• Sending emails to people pretending to be a company, to gain personal information

• Stealing a persons information and pretending to be them

• Breaking into someone's computer and stealing information

• Encoding information

Give 1 example of microblogging.

Answer explanation

Twitter

What is a podcast?

Answer explanation

Audio or video files which are usually published in episodes.

A chat is an exchange of messages between users at the same time. Give 2 examples of app's that can be used to chat.

Answer explanation

WhatsApp

Facebook Messenger

What is Phishing?

• Sending emails to people pretending to be a company, to gain personal information

• Stealing a persons information and pretending to be them

• Breaking into someone's computer and stealing information

• Encoding information

What is an online community? and give 1 example.

Answer explanation

These often exist in a VIRTUAL WORLD.

This is an unreal world which is created by the computer and does not exist in the real world.

Some communities need users to be involved at the same time, such as some online gaming, whereas others can have users interacting at different times, such as a forum or VLE.

Give 2 examples of netiquette.

Answer explanation

Don't use all capital letters

Behaviour in a positive way

Don't make nasty comments

Appreciate peoples privacy

What is Identity Fraud?

• Sending emails to people pretending to be a company, to gain personal information

• Stealing a persons information and pretending to be them

• Breaking into someone's computer and stealing information

• Encoding information