"Safe Practices for Life Online" Answers

1. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine

2. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/facebook-comments/nZy8w/

3. Sexting: sending inappropriate pictures or sexual material via the cell phone
Cramming: to fill with haste
Cookies: information saved to your computer from a website that remembers information about you
Trojan Horse: disguised programs that harm your computer if opened
Phishing: the act of someone creatively trying to obtain your personal information
Spyware: program that spies on what you do on your computer
Rootkit: type of malware that helps one gain unauthorized access
Zombie: computer that has been attacked
(Source: techterms.com)

4. Actual student screen names can lead to students being targeted because it releases too much personal information. Trashmouth names can resurface when trying to obtain a job. IHaveOnePairOfPants, BoogerDude, and Pig are all unacceptable choices because they are immature and will reflect poorly on the student when trying to get a job or go to graduate school.

5. All of these screen names are degrading and immature. They will reflect these things from the user and subsequently cause online harassment. All of these names have a sexual connotation that emanates the need for attention.

6. All of these screen names reveal either a real name, birthdate, or hobby that the user enjoys. Experienced phishers or identity thieves will have no trouble obtaining more personal information if the basics are clearly laid out in the username.

7. Though I would not want to claim any of these usernames, I feel that the following are acceptable choices because they do not give too much personal information away: i8sushi2, Soccerstar, Puppygirl1234, Bookworm, 2BorNot2b, Choco-holic, AmrcanIdol2, SimpyMe, Watup? The rest of the names, however, give away too much bad info or have an inappropriate connotation: KeKe1995, CapitlOfens, BellaIsabella, DarkAngel666, Karla-Love-1996, gUn4hiRe, babyfaceLA.

8. OwlLover, LongWalksOnTheBeach, WinterWinds

9. My score for the password quiz was +5.

10. Most common reason: Students give their password to their friends, who then decide to use it or give it to others who use it.
Least common reason: Other students see the password as the student enters it on a keyboard.