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Twitter recently is having a major problem. Large global organizations, for example Fox News and Burger King, are being taken over by hackers and the hackers then proceed to post untrue information about the company. The most recent case was Burger King. A hacker took over the account and said that the burger place was bought by rival McDonald's. These cases have been going on since July of 2011 when Fox News was hacked and said that president Obama was assassinated. Personal users are also getting hacked. Earlier this month over 250,000 user's passwords and usernames were handed over to the criminals. The major companies understand the risk of getting their account hacked but are willing to take it because Twitter is such a good source for marketing and profit. The idea has been proposed that the large accounts will need a number code along with the password but for now, the users are never safe.

Voki vs. Blabberize

After using both Voki and Blabberize in my opinion Voki is much easier to use because creating the avatar is simply clicking a few buttons and same with recording your voice as the avatar. Compared to Blabberize this is much more simple because Blabberize requires the user to save a picture and then upload it and save an audio file and then upload it. On top of this it is nearly impossible to get the mouth in the correct position. Even with these complications I liked Blabberize more than Voki because it was much more entertaining and practical. I could see myself using it again in the future. For an example, I could use it to convey a message as a specific person for a history project or for any subject.

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Tracking Teresa

"Tracking Teresa" was a very crazy video. It made me realize that giving out the slightest bit of information about myself can lead a potential predator right to  my doorstep. Teresa only published her user name which indicated she was female, her hobbies, her brother's name and her email address. This information led to the person to find her published posts that had her phone number, her mother's name, and indicated what time of day she would be home during the week. The number of her home phone led him to finding her mother on a reverse search and the address of her home. This allowed him to figure out the schools nearby where she lived. Giving out something as simple as an email address made it simple for the person to find out her home address. The other video "Your Photo Fate" was another eyeopener. All it was, was a girl sending a picture to friend and that picture traveling all around the school and eventually to a pedophile. The video shows not to trust someone that might make the wrong choice. I have given out personal information online before but never my phone number, address or email address. The most important thing to remember while using the internet is to use common sense and realize that when something is posted, everyone can see it and it never goes away.

My Digital Footprint

I am proud of my digital footprint because it includes nothing inappropriate or anything that would make me unable to hire as a worker when I become older. I am surprised to see pictures of my family members and myself on Google images when I search my name. There is nothing I'm embarrassed about because nothing bad comes up[ when I search my name although when I searched my name a mugshot of someone came up and that's kind of embarrassing. To keep my carbon footprint impressive enough for me to get a job and get accepted to college I need to keep avoiding the use of profane language and keep a good image for myself.

Cyber Bully

The movie Cyber Bully was over dramatic and in some parts silly but it really got a good message across. I mean cyber bullying is real and can cause people serious problems and emotional distress. This happens in real life very often. Numerous people have killed themselves because of some sort of cyber bullying and many others have attempted killing themselves. A difference between real life cyber bullying and the movie that most of the time in the real world the victim of the bullying usually doesn't speak up for themselves. This needs to change because if the bully doesn't realize they're doing something wrong they will not stop hurting more and more people. The movie is a very good example of this. The main bully Lindsay started off by bullying only a small amount by commenting on someone's status every once in a while, but by the end she was completely harassing innocent students. This is exactly like real life because bullies think they're just being funny and not causing any problems.