-Topic name
-Correct label (TOPICS)
-What you know about the topic before your research
-What you wonder or questions you have about the topic before researching (at least 2)
-Links to where you found the most useful information (at least 2, NOT Wikipedia, although you can use it to help you)
-Bullet list of things you learned about the topic (at least 5)
-A short summary of how this topic connects/relates to you or your life
-Questions you still have (at least 1)
I don't know much about this topic , I know its kind of a way to get your personal and private information without you being conciuos of it.
I wonder how to know how to avoid these things and I also wonder what to do if it happens to you.
What I learned
Phishing is a way of obtaining your personal and private information such as passwords accounts and things you would rather keep private. The people that do this do it in a way the you will give them your information but no intentionally knowing whats really happening and what they plan and using it for.
What hey do to make it seem more real is that they send you an email like if it was from Facebook and give you a link to click on and then kind of threat you to do it saying that they're will be consequences such as your Facebook closing if you don't do it and then they put some fake company signature.
Some ways to look out for fishing are check if the email has any spelling or grammar mistakes and if it does its obvious its a spam and don't open the link. Also check the link to see if it seems weird or suspicious.
Check for threats in the email companies such as Facebook and Hotmail don't ever threaten you the maximum they do is warn you.If the email contains a threat its also probably a spam.
I learned the phishing phones is also another problem that exists.Kind of like what we call in Colombia el paseo millonario.
How this relates to my life.
Many times I receive emails from Facebook and Hotmail and Skype with a link telling me to open that link for bla bla bla and I always open the link directly , I have never been Phished before , at least not that I know but because of my habits of directly opening the links I could be at great risk of not intentionally giving out some of my private information and this can be extreamly dangerous. Now that I know all these things about Phishing and why its bad and how it happens I also know how to avoid it and take care of my private life.
Questions I still have:
How do you know if you have ever been Phished or given your information to a fake page?
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