Netiquette

• Ethos - Character
• Netiquette - Set of rules for behaving properly online
• Applied Ethics - \Perception of what is correct or not, right or wrong, that is used to guide people’s action in various human concerns.
• Computer ethics - The guiding precepts and norms that are adopted and applied to regulate and control the use of computers and its applications.
• Cyber - Characteristics of the culture of computers, information, technology, and virtual reality.
• Cybercrime - Defined as a crime in which a computer is the object of the crime
• cybercriminals - they may use computer technology to commit crimes, such as hacking or fraud\
• R.A. No. 10175 Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 - is a law in the Philippines approved on September 12, 2012, which addresses legal issues concerning online interactions and the internet
• Republic Act No. 10173 Data Privacy Act of 2012 - is an act protecting individual personal information
• Copyright - The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, etc, and to authorize others to do the same
• Copyright infringement - the violation, piracy, or theft of a copyright holder's exclusive rights to a copyrighted work
• Denial of Service - characterized by an explicit attempt by attackers to prevent or bar legitimate users of computers from availing themselves of computer services
• Plagiarism - an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization
• phising - the act of sending multiple emails to multiple users in hopes of having a number of the click on the links or malware attached to the email
• roasting - sending of abusive emails or messages to other people or newgroups
• internet hoaxes - messages about free money, children in trouble and other items designed to grab your attention and get you to forward them on
• blackmail - the act of using the Internet to threaten or damage someone's reputation to extort money or anything else of value
• Hacking - the act obtaining unauthorized access to data from a computer network
• Identity theft - attempt to obtain sensitive info such as usernames, passwords, etc.
• electronic theft - obtaining files that you do not have the right to use from the internet.
• cyberbullying - use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending a message of an intimidating or threatening nature
• cybersex - sexual arousal using computer technology, especially by wearing virtual reality equipment or by exchanging messages with another person via internet
• child pornography - a form of child sexual exploitation
• cyber defamation - unprivileged false statement of fact that tends to harm the reputation of a person or company.
• electronic theft - obtaining files that you do not have the right to use from the internet
• issues in computer ethics: privacy issues, social justice issues, free speech issues
• virus - a malicious program designed to replicate itself and transfer from one computer to another either through thru the internet and local networks
• worm - a malicious program that transfers from one computer to another by any type of means
• trojan - a malicious program that is disguised as a useful program but once downloaded or installed, leaves your PC unprotected and allows hackers to get your information
• spyware - a program that runs in the background without you knowing it
• adware - a program designed to send you advertisements, mostly as pop-ups