Unit 14 D1

Many things can happen when you’re online and on your email.

People can easily hack into your accounts with just a click of a button so it’s best to use these safety precautions and know what to do when you’re online.

This is the best way to make sure any online account you have is safe and secure:

1. Use long passwords and change them occasionally (recommended - use numbers and capital letters and make sure you will remember your password)
2. Keep an eye on site updates to make your account even safer
3. Don’t give your account details to someone you don’t know
4. Don’t give out personal details to someone you don’t know
5. Don’t open emails if you don’t know who they are from

unit 14 M3

Injuries:

• Eye strain - To prevent this you can adjust the settings of your computer screen so it is just right for you, for example you can change the brightness and the sharpness of the screen so it won’t give you eye strain.
• Repetitive strain injury - To prevent this you can buy and armrest to put in front of your keyboard and get a mouse mat that has an armrest on it.

Social life:

• Email - People can easily hack into your email account if you don’t change your password occasionally and keep updating your protection on your email account. Hacking can be prevented if you do that sort of stuff and keep all of your data safe.
• Text messaging - Don’t text message people you don’t know because they can try and hack your phone if they are really clever or you have them on your bluetooth and you have your bluetooth on. This can make it really easy for someone to hack your phone.

The Law:

• Piggybacking - This is when someone you don’t know, enters your wireless network and changes the password for it. This can be prevented by changing your password oftenly and monitor who uses your wireless network.
• Hacking - Hacking can come in any way, shape or form, there are so many type of hacking. And there are many ways to prevent it from happening. You can change your account passwords so it can keep your account secure. Turn your bluetooth on your phone off so no one can get your bluetooth code and hack your phone. Also keep all your data safe and protected so no one can get all of your personal data.
• Theft - If you plan on taking your computer / smartphone out of the house be sure that you have a tracker on it so you can find out where your computer / smartphone is if it gets stolen.

unit 14 M2

when sending work through a smartphone you can send work through your mobile network and with sending work through a computer you would need a to send it through a wireless network (wi-fi).

if the mobile network went down while sending work from your mobile and it would fail to send your work. same would go for the computer if the wi-fi goes down and you won’t be able to go onto any other wi-fi network.

unit 35, P6

unit 35 P2 - leaflet