WEEK 3 Online Safety, Security and Rules of Netiquette

• Internet safety, also known as online safety, cyber safety, and E-Safety, aims to minimize a user's ignorance of security hazards to their personal safety and property associated with using the internet
• Netiquette refers to the standards of behavior for polite and appropriate online conversation, also known as etiquette for the internet
• Information you must limit to share online includes personal information, contact information, educational background, financial account details, and location
• The 10 Commandments of Netiquette:

  • Rule No. 1: Remember the human
  • Rule No. 2: Adhere to the same standards online that you follow in real life
  • Rule No. 3: Know where you are in cyberspace
  • Rule No. 4: Respect other people’s time and bandwidth
• Malware is a catch-all term for any type of malicious software, while a virus is a specific type of malware that self-replicates by inserting its code into other programs
• Malware is any software created to disrupt a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak sensitive data, obtain unauthorized access, deny users access, or compromise security and privacy
• Types of malware include Trojan Horse Virus, Rogue Security Software, Worm, Spyware, Keylogger, Adware, and Spam
• Computer malware spreads through methods like phishing, spear-phishing, networks, security holes, file sharing, social networks, instant messengers, and external devices
• Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, with various types recognized by different countries
• Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets
• Intellectual property rights are granted to individuals over their creative works, giving the inventor exclusive rights to utilize their creation for a set length of time
• Copyright, also known as author's right, protects literary works like novels, poems, plays, computer programs, films, and artistic works such as paintings and sculptures
• Copyright protection lasts for at least 50 years after the creator's death, with the possibility of longer periods provided at the national level
• Trade secrets are intellectual property rights on confidential information that may be sold or licensed, requiring the information to be commercially valuable because it is secret, known only to a limited group of persons, and subject to reasonable steps to keep it secret
• Trade secret protection is not limited in time and may continue indefinitely as long as the secret is not revealed to the public
• A trademark is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of others, and trademarks can include words, letters, numerals, drawings, symbols, sounds, fragrances, or color shades
• The term of trademark registration is usually ten years but can be renewed indefinitely on payment of additional fees
• A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, providing a new way of doing something or offering a new technical solution to a problem, with protection granted for generally 20 years from the filing date of the application
• Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is copied, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or transformed without the owner's consent, such as including music in videos without authorization
• Plagiarism is using someone else's work or ideas without giving proper credit and can take forms like direct plagiarism, self-plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, and accidental plagiarism
• Fair Use allows the use of intellectual property without consent for purposes like criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research, and parody
• Contextualized online search and research skills involve utilizing the Internet effectively for reliable information gathering and research to meet specific objectives or solve a situation, including evaluating information for accuracy, authorship, currency, fairness, and relevance
• Google search tips include using operators like site:, *, -, quotation marks, ..., +, and link: to refine search results