Kids Staying Safe Online - Quiz

Profiles

What kind of information is in your profile?

You don't fill out a profile at all. (0 pts.)
Your street address (10 pts.)
Your phone number (10 pts.)
The name of your school (5 pts.)
Your after-school activities or hobbies (3 pts.)
The city you live in (2 pts.)

Pictures

Have you ever posted your picture publicly online?

Have you ever sent your picture to someone who you met for the first time online?

Screen Name

Does your screen name explicitly refer to you as a girl, guy, boy, etc?

If not, could someone assume your gender from your screen name?

Is any part of your city in your screen name?

If not, could anyone find out where you live by looking at your screen name?

Does your screen name give away your age?

Does your screen name indicate the school you go to?

Passwords

Have you ever given your passwords to a friend?

Is your password the same as your username?

Is your password something that your friends may be able to guess?

Social Networking Sites

Sites such as MySpace.com, Facebook.com and Xanga.com are what is known as a Social Networking site.

Do you have a profile on one of these sites?

Is the profile listed as private?

Do you know how to list the profile as private but choose not to?

Have you ever added someone as a "friend" who is not your friend in real life?

Have you ever allowed someone to add you as a "friend" that you didn't know in real life?

Feeling Uncomfortable

Have you ever had a conversation with someone online who made you feel uncomfortable?

Have you had more than one conversation with the same person who made you feel uncomfortable?

Did you tell a trusted adult about the person who made you feel uncomfortable?

Did you tell your parents about the person who made you uncomfortable?

Meeting Offline

Have you ever met someone in person who you met first online?

Did you meet in a public/crowded place?

Did you go alone?

Did you take a friend with you?

Did you take your parents with you?

Did you keept it a secret?

Did you tell your parents where you were going?

Did you tell a friend where you were going?

Your total is:

Grade Yourself

0-20: Very safe
21-40: Pretty safe
41-60: Be careful out there
61-80: Too risky
81-100: You could be in serious danger
Over 100: You may be the next statistic

To learn more about keeping you and your family safe online, see these pages at SecureFlorida.org:

Best Practices for Parents

Best Practices for Kids

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