1-7 Things You Should Know About Internet Privacy

Things You Should Know About Internet Privacy

In this lesson, you will explore the answers to the following questions:

• Are e-mail messages private?
• If you send an e-mail to someone, can the message be read between your outbox and their inbox?
• If you erase a message is it gone for good?

These are all questions that you should know answers to before you press send after writing an e-mail.

Activity 1

The following video talks about e-mail privacy in the real world. Since you will be using e-mail for the rest of your life, you need to know this stuff:

http://safari.sweetwaterschools.org/?g=3be81ab7-3830-11e4-a128-782bcb619dab Links to an external site. Links to an external site.

You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0dkeRcak5i4

Copy the questions below and paste them into a Text Entry wiki. Write your answers to the questions. Remember to use good spelling, grammar and punctuation. Your answers should be written as complete sentences.

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1. Where are you more likely to have your e-mail seen by people other than the person you sent the mail to - web mail or client based mail?

2. Does this video change your opinion of which kind of mail is better to use?

3. Is there anything wrong with Google or other companies being able to read your "private" messages so they can sell you stuff they think you will like? Explain your answer.