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Surfing and chatting feel private, so most people want to be left to sit in peace. Preferably at home, with the door shut, maybe even locked, just to be on the safe side. It’s easy to forget that the door is often wide open in the world of technology. Easy to check |
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All the websites you visit are also saved on the computer in the browser’s history file. This is saved to make it easier the next time you want to visit the same site. If you don’t delete the history file on the computer, it is easy for other people to monitor your time online. Unauthorized people may also be able to access e-mails you have sent and received. If friends, or people who aren’t such good friends, get hold of your password, they will have access to everything that is intended for you and you alone. It can be both unpleasant and embarrassing.
Responsibility and rules
It often doesn’t matter so much if other people see what you have done over the course of a day or during an hour-long class.
But there may be times when this isn’t ideal. This is why your school has rules about what students and teachers are allowed
to do on the school’s computers. There are limits on what the teacher can monitor in terms of your activities on the computer
and via the firewall, but at the same time, you are expected to take responsibility for your own activities.
When you’re online, it isn’t always easy to know whether or not someone is spying on you. When you’re alone with your computer, you may feel anonymous, and it’s easy to think that no one can see what you’re doing. That’s not how it works …
You aren’t anonymous online.
