Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Activity 7 - finding relaible, valid information


Not all websites are true? Yes they are!!

Well that is what you would think. Why would someone spend their time to make something fake? I don’t really know the answer to that only that it happens. Some people make fake websites like a fake white house page or to make people think that there is a dog island.

Most fake websites can be put into some groups. Some just send you do random sites. Some try to upload viruses such as key loggers onto your computer, or some even try to make you subscribe to something that is not even real.

If people make fake sites for a laugh then there will be quite a few mistakes in the design. Examples of this would be that the font is not the same as the real website, the colour scheme is different, the pictures are not the same or even that the website has some content blocked.

For the sites that want you to download something or want you to subscribe may be done a bit more professionally.  The 1st thing that would put you off is intuition. Do you think that you should download a file named ‘novirusesinthisdownload’, or do you want to buy free years’ worth supply of models cars? So obvious things will give it away biut if they don’t heres a few things that you should consider. Does the website use an incorrect URL, does it end in .gov/tv/co.uk/com, or something that you know about. Does it ask for you banking information. A real bank would never ask for your bank account Information or your debit card and PIN numbers via email. Check if it actually spells words correctly.  Aslo, check if the images are of top notch quality, if the pictures are in low resolution then don’t trust it, simple!

 

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