Online Identity and your state of presence....
Who is the Dick on my site? A very interesting presentation by Dick Hardt. The use of key words, abbreviations and logo's kept the viewers attention. In the presentation Dick told his story of development and the need for identity security. He told a brief history of how identity could be established both in the real world (drivers licence) and online (?). He proposed a system of the user being in control of what sort of information they give out and to whom (also how often).
Phishing- Usually done by the creation of a bogus email (in the same format as an official email from an institution such as a bank) requesting confidential information such as credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal data.
An example is an eBay phishing email including the eBay logo in an attempt to gain credibility. The email warns that a billing error may have been made on the account and urges the eBay member to login and verify the charges.
Pharming- A more effective way of getting identity information as many computers can be attacked innocently by a code being sent in an email that alters the files on the local computer. The computer will then send the user directly to a bogus website regardless if the address that has been entered for the proper site is correct. The user is none the wiser that they are using a fake site.
An example 'Pharming' attack hits 50 banks
Hackers made an extra effort with this one...
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Published: 14:46 GMT, 22 February 07
"Once lured to the Web site, an unpatched computer would download a Trojan horse in a file called "iexplorer.exe," which then downloads five additional files from a server in Russia. The Web sites displayed only an error message and recommended that the user shut off their firewall and antivirus software.
If a user with an infected PC then visited any of the targeted banking sites, they were redirected to a mock-up of the bank's Web site that collected their login credentials and transferred them to the Russian server, Gonzalez said. The user was then passed back to the legitimate site where they were already logged in, making the attack invisible."
Privacy Invasion- A type of invasion of privacy occurs when an individual is falsely portrayed in a highly offensive manner. Another type of invasion occurs when private or embarrassing facts are revealed about an individual without relation to a legitimate public concern (tabloid magazines). This is where someone intrudes upon a person in a situation in which that person has a reasonable expectation of privacy (stalking).
Identity Theft- Some examples of different types of identity theft involve
• using another business name (that is not yours) to obtain credit
• posing as another person when caught for a crime
• using someone elses identity to obtain goods and services
• using someone elses information to assume their identity in daily life
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Topic 2 Exercise 3
Facebook profile- the details given on this site were kept to a minimum. Just full name and country was given....although I did post a photo....
Second Life profile- Billy Bardeslaw!!! What a gal!! I was only able to select one of the initial avatars for the account sign-up. Didn't get to play or change bodily features!!!!
Will you have a persistent avatar across all your social networks and virtual environments? Why or why not?
I will not be having a persistent avatar across all of my social networks and virtual environments. I am weary of security and am nervous of people (students) finding out personal details. Also my interests are varied and so will be the people that I interact with. Some will get the humour and slang while others may not appreciate these fine qualities thus my avatar will change regarding the situation and the avatars encountered.....
Second Life profile- Billy Bardeslaw!!! What a gal!! I was only able to select one of the initial avatars for the account sign-up. Didn't get to play or change bodily features!!!!
Will you have a persistent avatar across all your social networks and virtual environments? Why or why not?
I will not be having a persistent avatar across all of my social networks and virtual environments. I am weary of security and am nervous of people (students) finding out personal details. Also my interests are varied and so will be the people that I interact with. Some will get the humour and slang while others may not appreciate these fine qualities thus my avatar will change regarding the situation and the avatars encountered.....
Topic 2 Exercise 2
Virtual worlds and citizenship...
My findings... unfortunately I kept getting an error report stating that my computer doesn't have the minimum requirements to run Second life....it kept crashing. I went as far as I could and then did research on Second life to find out what I had missed out on....
Its a virtual world, although it seems as though reality is encroaching in on it, mainly due to laws from different countries which could make Linden Labs liable (gambling).
People can create an account which will allow the user to develop an 'avatar' and they can travel to different areas of the 'Grid' interacting with whoever they come in contact with.
There have been voiced concerns about some of the attitudes found in Second Life. This is the interesting part as the site is user regulated or rather user non-regulated...content driven by the users, virtual sex seems to be popular. Another interesting note is the push for 'Educational' opportunities...perhaps they are trying to clean up the site/world!!!!!
My findings... unfortunately I kept getting an error report stating that my computer doesn't have the minimum requirements to run Second life....it kept crashing. I went as far as I could and then did research on Second life to find out what I had missed out on....
Its a virtual world, although it seems as though reality is encroaching in on it, mainly due to laws from different countries which could make Linden Labs liable (gambling).
People can create an account which will allow the user to develop an 'avatar' and they can travel to different areas of the 'Grid' interacting with whoever they come in contact with.
There have been voiced concerns about some of the attitudes found in Second Life. This is the interesting part as the site is user regulated or rather user non-regulated...content driven by the users, virtual sex seems to be popular. Another interesting note is the push for 'Educational' opportunities...perhaps they are trying to clean up the site/world!!!!!
Topic 2 Exercise 1
A. Are you happy with the ethics?
I had put off joining Facebook for a long time, my reason being, identity security and student harassment! I have not been teaching for very long and already I have witnessed students "googling" their teachers names for pictures, mainly. I view this as an invasion of privacy.
In joining Facebook I was pleasantly surprised at the minimum amount of data required to open an account. I did choose to put in a picture though....(must be getting soft). I also noted in that with the limited details entered it makes it harder to search for 'Friend's as there can be thousands of people with the requested name. As the user gets a choice in whether to 'except' someone as a friend or not, this option should give higher security for personal data and privacy!!!
I am still skeptical on the ethics involved in this site. I think time will tell.
B. Difference between social cognition and visual cognition
Social cognition is the thought processes used to understand other people. The ability to interact with others. To understand social etiquette and how to decipher the codes involved in the movement of information between people in social situations.
Visual cognition is the use of visual imagery to help people to learn a task or to interact with others. By using tasks involving shape perception and mental maps to help make understanding of the data clearer by the learner/user.
I had put off joining Facebook for a long time, my reason being, identity security and student harassment! I have not been teaching for very long and already I have witnessed students "googling" their teachers names for pictures, mainly. I view this as an invasion of privacy.
In joining Facebook I was pleasantly surprised at the minimum amount of data required to open an account. I did choose to put in a picture though....(must be getting soft). I also noted in that with the limited details entered it makes it harder to search for 'Friend's as there can be thousands of people with the requested name. As the user gets a choice in whether to 'except' someone as a friend or not, this option should give higher security for personal data and privacy!!!
I am still skeptical on the ethics involved in this site. I think time will tell.
B. Difference between social cognition and visual cognition
Social cognition is the thought processes used to understand other people. The ability to interact with others. To understand social etiquette and how to decipher the codes involved in the movement of information between people in social situations.
Visual cognition is the use of visual imagery to help people to learn a task or to interact with others. By using tasks involving shape perception and mental maps to help make understanding of the data clearer by the learner/user.
Review Wk4 - Interact
Csu's Interact (chosen this week for less technical difficulties)
* Display - Basic, not very pretty or eye catching.
- A box on the left of screen displays the names of the people that are involved in the chat whether contributing or just reading text
- Some participants found it frustrating with the restricted view of the chat, not being able to make the view bigger.
- Limit in colours assigned to users (7) so colours can change, making following a discussion less user friendly
* Speed - Again some participants found that with the size of the group using Interact, the data was being displayed and then would scroll out of view because more people were entering comments, making conversations stunted and disjointed.
* Usability- easy to use and to pick up the skills required to use Interact.
- some had trouble but mainly due to Internet speed and connection
- the users ability to type (speed) impacted on success
* Display - Basic, not very pretty or eye catching.
- A box on the left of screen displays the names of the people that are involved in the chat whether contributing or just reading text
- Some participants found it frustrating with the restricted view of the chat, not being able to make the view bigger.
- Limit in colours assigned to users (7) so colours can change, making following a discussion less user friendly
* Speed - Again some participants found that with the size of the group using Interact, the data was being displayed and then would scroll out of view because more people were entering comments, making conversations stunted and disjointed.
* Usability- easy to use and to pick up the skills required to use Interact.
- some had trouble but mainly due to Internet speed and connection
- the users ability to type (speed) impacted on success
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