Special Project
1. Give the definition of identity theft?
adentity theft is a "fraud" who steals money or gets other things by pretending to be another person.
2. How many people suffer from identity theft, each year, worldwide? Make a hyperlink to the page from where you obtained your stats.
I dind’t find the worldwide percentage but a 9 million Americans each year are victims.
3. What is character defamation?
character defamation are accused of slander, liber or both.
4. Are there currently any defamation of character lawsuits going on in Spain? Give a minimum of three sentences describing the lawsuit and include a hyperlink to the article.
I couldnt find any defamation of C.L. in Spain.
5. What are the dangers of posting videos on Youtube, or any related site? Give a minimum of 5.
denunces of people who are in the videos, denunces of youtube because of beeing minor, people could get your ip, giving information about yourself and beeing in danger of getting rape, giving information of the school and making all the people inside in danger.
6. Find two newspaper reports or stories that discuss today’s dangers of internet use, such as chatting, youtube, etc. Summarize these articles in your own words and put a hyperlink at the bottom of the summary to the article.
1)a 14 year old savannah girl, find a friend in a internet "chat room". the men got her one day at her hause at March 20, 1997, at her Windsor Forest home, he got hre to his house and violate her finally the 31 year old man was sentence to 1 year in prision a 10 years to probation.
2)a bus driver man with 33 years old meet a 15 year old in a webside. they talkes and date one day. the bus driver had sex with her before living her in her house with the bus. the parents of the girl report the missing of their daughter to the police men.
7. How can images damage your school’s reputation or your own? Give an example of a situation that you have seen that could have been damaging had it been put on youtube.
images can damage schools reputation because they can show bad things about school. an example can be the video of carnival that shows like bulling a boy.
8. If you wish to put something on Youtube that involves a school related project what steps must be taken?
get a written permition saying the people who are in the video agree with beeing in youtube.
9. Do we need to protect ourselves from others only, or also from ourselves?
from all.
10. How can computers been found? How can the police find out that your computer was responsible for posting something illegal?
by the IP.
11. How can you protect yourself from stalkers or pedifiles finding you on the internet?
by no putting personal information in internet.
12. Is technology creating unforseen problems in our lives, give at least two examples in areas beyond identity theft and defamation of character, give at least two examples of other areas.
internet give many problems. an example could be the hacking problem by giving IP information. another example could be the posibility of beeing raped by giving other personal information.
All of this must be completed individually and posted on your blog. The Administration will be reviewing your articles and I will be grading them. It will be worth 24 marks, so it is pretty serious.
