Internet Safety: Easy Choices
Explore simple ways to protect your information, spot warning signs, and stay safe online.
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1. 正しい答えを選んでください。
Which reply keeps your account safe?
A friend asks, "Can you send me your password?"
- I keep my password private.
- I'll send it in a private message.
- I'll share it because we are friends.
A password lets someone get into your account.
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- I keep my password private.
Even a good friend does not need your password.
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2. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What is the safest reply?
Someone you do not know sends you a message: "What is your home address?"
- I'll tell you if you tell me yours.
- I don't share my home address with strangers.
- I'll tell you if you promise to keep it private.
Think about what this person could learn about you.
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- I don't share my home address with strangers.
Your home address tells people where they can find you.
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3. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What is the best kind of password?
You need a new password for your email account.
- Your first name.
- Your birthday.
- A long password that is hard to guess.
Other people may already know some facts about you.
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- A long password that is hard to guess.
Personal details can be easy for other people to guess.
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4. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What can you do to stop messages from that account?
Someone keeps sending you mean messages in an app.
- Block the account.
- Send an angry reply.
- Ask the person to explain each message.
Look for an action that stops contact.
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- Block the account.
You can also report mean messages to the app.
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5. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What should you do to help keep your phone safe?
Your phone's settings show that a system update is ready.
- Keep the old system and ignore updates.
- Install the update from your phone's settings.
- Download an update from a link in a stranger's comment.
Think about where the update comes from.
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- Install the update from your phone's settings.
Updates can fix problems that put your phone at risk.
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6. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What is the safest first action?
An email from someone you do not know has a file attached.
- Open the file to find out who sent it.
- Send the file to a friend to open.
- Do not open the file.
You do not know whether this file is safe.
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- Do not open the file.
Some files from unknown senders can harm your computer.
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7. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What should you do before posting it?
You took a photo of a friend and want to post it online.
- Ask your friend if it is okay.
- Post it first and ask later.
- Tag your friend without asking.
Your friend may feel differently about sharing the photo.
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- Ask your friend if it is okay.
People may not want every photo of them online.
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8. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What helped Mia keep her photos?
Mia says, "My phone broke, but my photos are safe. I made a backup."
- She changed the photos' names on her phone.
- She saved another copy of her photos.
- She put all the photos in one folder on her phone.
Think about how to keep photos when one device stops working.
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- She saved another copy of her photos.
A backup is also useful if your phone gets lost.
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9. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What should you do before you leave?
You are using a library computer to check your email, and now you are finished.
- Save your password on the computer.
- Leave your email account open.
- Sign out of your email account.
Another person will use this computer after you.
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- Sign out of your email account.
On a shared computer, the next person may use an account that is still open.
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10. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What is the safer choice?
A flashlight app asks to use your location. It does not need your location to turn on the light.
- Say no to location access.
- Allow it because the app is free.
- Allow it because all apps need your location.
Think about what the app needs to do its job.
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- Say no to location access.
Only give an app access to information it needs.
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11. 正しい答えを選んでください。
How should you respond?
A message says, "You won a prize! Pay a small fee today to get it." You did not enter a contest.
- Pay quickly before the offer ends.
- Do not send money.
- Send a small payment to see what happens.
Think about why the message asks you to pay for a prize.
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- Do not send money.
This may be a scam: a trick to take your money.
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12. 正しい答えを選んでください。
Why can't this person sign in?
Your account needs your password and a code sent to your phone. Someone knows your password but cannot get the code.
- The phone has changed your password.
- The code is only for signing out.
- They also need the code.
The account checks two things, not just one.
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- They also need the code.
This extra step helps protect your account if someone learns your password.
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13. 正しい答えを選んでください。
How can you check who sent it?
A message from your friend's account asks for money. Your friend has never asked you for money online before.
- Call your friend at the number you already know.
- Trust it because your friend's photo is there.
- Reply to the message and ask, "Is it really you?"
Use a different way to contact your friend.
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- Call your friend at the number you already know.
Someone else may be using your friend's account.
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14. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What should you do before believing it?
A post says, "This drink keeps everyone from getting sick." Many people shared it, but it does not say where the information came from.
- Trust it because many people shared it.
- Check a trusted health website.
- Trust it because the post has a photo.
Think about who knows about health, not how popular the post is.
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- Check a trusted health website.
A popular post is not always true.
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15. 正しい答えを選んでください。
What should you still do before buying something?
A shopping website has a lock symbol beside its web address. The lock shows that the connection is protected.
- Trust the store just because it has a lock.
- Enter your card information before checking the store.
- Check whether you can trust the store.
A safe connection and an honest store are different things.
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- Check whether you can trust the store.
A protected connection does not prove that a store will send what you buy.