Get Safe Online Week

Former_MSE_Wendy · 22 October 2013 at 12:42PM

This week is Get Safe Online Week, a campaign giving tips on how to protect yourself, your computers and your mobiles against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other problems found online.

How safe are you being when browsing and shopping online?

Take a look at the campaign's Online Code Of Conduct, use the How Much Do You Know? quiz and Online Safety Test then let us know how you got on in the thread below.

MSE Wendy

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bluesnake · 23 October 2013 at 1:02AM

Just to add to add this little shocker to make parent more aware.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/515460/20131021/children-online-internet-use-survey-findings-facebook.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10393707/Fifth-of-primary-school-children-admit-meeting-cyber-strangers.html

ghandi · 23 October 2013 at 9:21AM

I did the quiz and was classed as a potentially vulnerable online user because I:

a. didn't know how many people play online games,

b. didn't know which country has the users who go online the most.

Utter rubbish.

GetRealBabe · 23 October 2013 at 11:09AM

ghandi wrote: »

I did the quiz and was classed as a potentially vulnerable online user because I:

a. didn't know how many people play online games,

b. didn't know which country has the users who go online the most.

Utter rubbish.

Hi

Like you I am a potentially vulnerable online user because I:

Scored 90% and got the online gaming question wrong as well.

Yes, a waste of time.

anniecave · 23 October 2013 at 1:26PM

I am also a potentially vulnerable user for not knowing about online gaming!
However I also didn't know about where to report fraud - I've never had to know before and clearly I would look it up if I ever needed to know!

Sparhawke · 23 October 2013 at 2:30PM

I did the online safety test thing and got 9/10, and that is only because one of the photos is so small you have to pretty much guess what the answer is PLUS that site got that answer wrong, it is very easy to make a site look exactly the same as another, but almost impossible to make the address look exactly the same. (Unless you get a domain that closely resembles, such as Cameroons)

Lumstorm · 23 October 2013 at 4:08PM

I got 80% for not knowing where to report fraud or which country used the internet the most. I tried it again even if you get 100% it says you are potentially vulnerable user, which everybody is no matter what security you have you can be hit by malware. As a linux user I would also say even smug Linux and Apple users aren't totally safe there might not be as much exploits as there is for Windows but they do exist. A false sense of security can be as bad as no security.

Former_MSE_Wendy · 23 October 2013 at 4:24PM

Thanks for your comments everyone. I'll pass them on to the Get Safe Online organisers.

I agree that some of the questions are a bit basic for savvy web users but if we're helping to reinforce safety tips for the less savvy I'm a happy bunny

Wendy

Jenna_Appleseed · 23 October 2013 at 8:03PM

Ironic that the first quiz gives a warning that's it's not safe to visit because Chrome doesn't recognise it's SSL certificate & the second one has a survey box popover that makes it look spammy.

HeyerFan · 23 October 2013 at 9:10PM

I got 70% - got Qu 2, 3 & 10 wrong. As above I didn't know to whom to report fraud, how many online gamers there are in the world and picked the wrong symbol for the internet on a phone but I got 100% on the 2nd quiz.

Lumstorm · 24 October 2013 at 12:14AM

I forgot to mention it's being picky but the second test said for wireless security hide the SSID, not only does it do nothing for security but it can cause connection problems with some devices. This is one of the big security myths like using MAC filtering.