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.

Netiquette

Netiquette is a mixture of the words network and etiquette and basically means the proper way to behave online. Even if you've never heard the word Netiquette in your life it affects you almost everyday because almost everyday you go online to look something up or to update your status. Netiquette affects all Internet users. When somebody goes online and sees a post that says something he or she disagrees with and responds with a negative comment the user breaks Netiquette rule number 7, keep flame wars under control and hence shows bad Netiquette. Another example of poor Netiquette is seeing a friend's account still open and looking through his private conversations. This is an exact example of breaking rule number 8, respect people's privacy. On top of showing poor Netiquette a regular Internet user can show good and proper Netiquette by sharing their knowledge, respecting other people's time, and remembering that they may only see a computer screen while they are talking to someone online but behind that screen there is a person.