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April 11, 2007

Internet Safety web chat transcript available!
Posted by Jess in Solace

The URI Alumni web chat I hosted on Internet Safety was a "smashing" success! There were great questions all around.

The people that were running it loved me, as I could type fairly fast and got a lot of questions in because of that. :-)

Click here for the official transcript, which answers these questions:

Should you ever give your credit card number online, i.e. to purchase goods or services ?

What is identity theft? How does it happen? And, how common of a crime is it?

How would a person know if they've been a victim of identity theft? And, what should they do if they suspect they've been victimized?

Many of us have read that we should 'disable cookies' to be safe. Please excuse the ignorance, but what is a "cookie"? Should we disable them? And, should we be worried about them?

How can you tell if an email is a fake, or phishing email, sent to trick you into giving away personal information?

Any suggestions for creating "good" passwords?

My kids IM all the time (AOL Instant Messager). How safe is this? Are there any precautions we should take to make this safer - for them and for our computer?

What advice would you give a parent who is worried about what their child is doing online?

Is it o.k. to let your computer save your account numbers and passwords? Is there any danger in this?

In an age when the government can review my phone records or my library book withdrawals, isn't any notion of privacy or security a bit naive?

How often should passwords be changed and do you have any suggestions as far as character length?

Where would someone go to have a professional wipe the drive and repartition it? And what is repartition?

Any tips for Spyware protection?

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