Using the Internet Safely For Seniors

links to those sites. In Internet Explorer, for example, use the Add to Favorites tool to save any open Web site addresses so yo ...

respect yours. It’s rude to expose information about someone — including pictures and videos — without permission. How do you kn ...

That’s a lot of information to expose about someone who went to great lengths to remain private. There are two problems here: Al ...

answers. They’re also a great way to share your expertise — whether you chime in on how to remove an ink stain, provide history ...

4.When you click a posting that has replies, you’ll see that they are organized in the middle of page in easy-to-follow threads, ...

rooms.) In chat, you’re having a conversation with one or more people in real time, and your entire conversation appears in the ...

Figure 7-8 Contribute to Social Journaling Sites Social journaling sitesare like collective blogs in real time, in that they ask ...

at 6:15 p.m. You probably have the class every week at that time. Another comment says, “Volunteering for Emily’s class at Carl ...

See Chapter 8 for more about social networking and blogs. One of the most popular companies offering this functionality are Twit ...

➟ Use little graphical images, called emoticons(such as smilies or winks) and avatars,to add fun to your IM messages. ➟ See part ...

part of your IM profile, anyone who can see your pro- file can view it. This is useful information for friends and criminals, so ...

Figure 7-10 Safety Tips for Instant Messaging Get the instant messaging bug, but just consider this safety advice first: ➟ Choos ...

Deciding to share your photo depends on whether you talk to friends only, and how you feel about hav- ing your photo publicly av ...

➟ Sending photos, documents, and links in IM is an easy and convenient way to share with others. Just think twice before opening ...

➟ If you use a Web camera with IM, be careful that you don’t expose visual information to a stranger, such as the location of yo ...

should have a clearly visible Report Abuse function (see Figure 7-12); if it doesn’t consider switching providers. If you feel p ...

Getting the Most from Social Networks and Blogging T he Internet provides rich opportunities for making new friends, getting in ...

Although teens make up a large percentage of social networkers, they aren’t the largest user segment. In fact, millions of adult ...

➟ Blog:An online journal (blogis short for web log) that may be entirely private, open to select friends or fam- ily, or availab ...

Figure 8-2 Tips for Safe Blogging Simply put, blogs are online journals. Just as with any journal, the blog owner (or blogger) c ...