The Revealers
Blog Response
Second Blog
Blog Response
Second Blog
In the novel, The Revealers, the students of Parkland Middle felt connected through SchoolStream or as the students called it KidNet where they were able to chat or instant message. Most of you do this nightly through MSN Messenger. With KidNet and MSN nobody could break into or eavesdrop on your conversation without it being known. Not anymore. Today’s technology allows you to assume the identity of another person. Do you really know whom you are talking to in the cyber world?
It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?”
What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious?
What would be a responsible way to handle this situation?
How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?
Answer: In my view, its not safe to chat on the net for reasons such as the one mentioned above. People can hack and misuse your account.You can also end up chatting to people you don't even know! In this scenario, we see that a person's account is being hacked and words that are not typed by him are appearing on the screen. This can be serious as the hacker can spread bad rumors and insult others under that person's name.
It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?”
What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious?
What would be a responsible way to handle this situation?
How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?
Answer: In my view, its not safe to chat on the net for reasons such as the one mentioned above. People can hack and misuse your account.You can also end up chatting to people you don't even know! In this scenario, we see that a person's account is being hacked and words that are not typed by him are appearing on the screen. This can be serious as the hacker can spread bad rumors and insult others under that person's name.
A responsible way to deal with this situation could possibly be to confide in/involve an adult and try to find out who did it (if they think its anyone) they know. To prevent such problems in the future, they should seek technical support to make their account safer.
As we read in The Revealers, Catalina sent out information about her background to her classmates via schoolstream, to convince people that the rumors being spread about her were untrue (she sent out the truth, so that people could judge her in a better way).this could be a possible solution as well.
As we read in The Revealers, Catalina sent out information about her background to her classmates via schoolstream, to convince people that the rumors being spread about her were untrue (she sent out the truth, so that people could judge her in a better way).this could be a possible solution as well.
1 comment:
Interesting. My post is a bit the same to yours. You're right that the hacker will take advantage. It's dangerous too.
-Belle (typed when was pressurized by time)
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