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=E-safety Keywords Starter Activity=

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  A policy that a user must agree to abide by     in order to gain access to a network or the internet. In the schools context, it may also cover how other communications device s, such as mobile phone s and camera phone s, can be used on the school premises. ||
 * === Acceptable use policy (AUP) ===


 * ~ == B == ||

Some users with Bluetooth-enabled mobile s use this technology to send anonymous text messages to strangers. This has been nickname d ‘bluejacking’. ||
 * === Bluejacking ===

An area on the internet or other computer network where users can communicate in real time, often about a specific topic. ||
 * === Chatroom ===


 * ~ == F == ||

An agreement on how home computers and internet access will be used, drawn up after discussion between family members and usually posted up next to the family computer  || Family agreementRules ||  ||
 * === Family agreement ===
 * ||  Keyword(s):


 * ~ == H == ||

Originally thought of as a computer enthusiast, but now a hacker is normally used to refer to computer criminals, especially those who break into other people’s computer network s.  || UnauthorisedHackerHackingCriminalMalicious ||  ||
 * === Hacker ===
 * ||  Keyword(s):


 * ~ == <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">M == ||

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Supervising what goes on in a chatroom, newsgroup or other online service. || ModerateCheckModerator ||  ||
 * === <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Moderation ===
 * || <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Keyword(s):


 * ~ == <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">O == ||

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Online grooming is defined by the UK Home Office as: “A course of conduct enacted by a suspected paedophile, which would give a reasonable person cause for concern that any meeting with a child arising from the conduct would be for unlawful purposes.”  || OnlineGroomGroomingPaedophileIlllegalUnlawful ||  ||
 * === <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Online grooming ===
 * || <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Keyword(s):


 * ~ == <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">P == ||

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Pronounced the same as ‘fishing’ this is an attempt to trick people into visiting malicious website s by sending email s or other messages which pretend to come from banks or online shops. The email s have links in them which take people to fake sites set up to look like the real thing, where passwords and account details can be stolen. ||
 * === <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Phishing ===