E-safety

Question 1

Cyberbullying

Answer 1

Form of bully and harassment using online forms of contact such as social media of messenger apps

Question 2

Griefing

Answer 2

An act of irritating and angering people in video games through the use of destruction

Question 3

Catfishing

Answer 3

Where someone steals your photos and uses them as your own, usually to trick or fool someone on the internet

Question 4

Cyberstalking

Answer 4

Repeated use of electronic communications to harass or frighten someone (sending threatening emails or messages)

Question 5

Exclusion

Answer 5

When an individual is passively ignored or actively rejected by others. It can occur face to face or online

Question 6

Dissing

Answer 6

The act of commenting on a status with single liners that insult a specific person

Question 7

Flaming

Answer 7

Act of posting or sending offensive messages over the internet. This may be posted in online discussion forums or via instant messaging programs

Question 8

Pharming

Answer 8

Method where scammers try to get personal/ private information from users by directing them to false or ‘spoof’ websites which look legitimate in your browser.

Question 9

Harassment

Answer 9

Act of sending continuously offensive, rude and insulting messages

Question 10

Outing

Answer 10

Publishing or disseminating confidential information online

Question 11

Roasting

Answer 11

Bullying- where people pick on an individual and vent offensive verbal abuse until the victim ‘completely cracks’

Question 12

Trolling

Answer 12

When a user anonymously abuses or intimidates others online for fun

Question 13

Internet shaming

Answer 13

Publicly humiliated using technology like social or new media

Question 14

Doxxing

Answer 14

The publishing of an individual’s home address or bank details etc.

Question 15

Trojan

Answer 15

Trojan pretend to be useful programs like word processors but can enter your computer, access files and then pass on information, instal spyware to open your computer to hackers. This can be a threat when using ‘always on’ internet connections

Question 16

Spyware

Answer 16

A program that secretly monitors your actions

Question 17

Phishing

Answer 17

Attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication

Question 18

Creeping

Answer 18

Following someone’s social network profile closely to an excessive degree.

Question 19

Fabotage

Answer 19

Slang word for Facebook Sabotage, used to describe hijacking and meddling with someone’s Facebook account while it is unattended

Question 20

Grooming

Answer 20

When a stranger tries to start a relationship with a child for unlawful purposes; this can happen online or offline

Question 21

Hacker

Answer 21

People who gain unauthorised access to data, remotely using a computer or mobile devise

Question 22

Malware

Answer 22

Short for ‘malicious software’. Programs that damage your computer (viruses), steal you personal information (spyware), display unwanted adverts (adware)or expose your computer to hackers (Trojan horses).