Betty teaches you the importance of keeping your OFFLINE identity separate from your ONLINE identity

Betty

Betty
Cyber Defender & Clubhouse Supervisor

Betty learned the hard way about sharing too much information online when rumors she had spread through her online blog upset some of her friends. Since then she has made it her goal to educate everyone about what information is inappropriate or unsafe to share online to prevent others from getting hurt.

As a Cyber Defender, Betty focuses on the most important information you should never share online, your offline identity.

Favorite Quote:

A stumble may prevent a fall
- English Proverb

Favorite Food:

Tea and crumpets

Interests:

Chatting, macrame, collecting teacups

March 27 2008

Counseling for Alan

While it seems like Alan is adjusting well after his month in Cyber Villain custody, he isn't really. He's more shaken up by the things he saw while he was there than he will admit.

I know everyone is really excited to hear what his experiences were, but I would like to ask all of you to give Alan some time to work through what happened to him.

posted by Betty
topics: Miscellaneous

March 24 2008

Operation Success!

The operation was a complete success. Not only were we able to extract Alan without having to confront any of the major Cyber Villains, but we walked off with a ton of valuable information on them as a bonus.

It's doubtful we would have been able to pull things off this smoothly without everyone's help. And that includes Sparky and Jax. They were key to knowing what we were getting into once we reached the inside of the base.

posted by Betty
topics: Miscellaneous

March 20 2008

Help from Alan

From the reports the students are passing me, it is becoming more and more obvious that Alan is trying to help us find him. Alan isn't able to give a whole lot of information for fear of being caught, but the pieces he's been sending us are slowly building into a picture. We should be able to locate him shortly.

posted by Betty
topics: Miscellaneous

March 18 2008

Safe Online Communication: Only allow your real friends

Many online communications programs like Instant Messenger allow you to create a friend or buddy list, so you know when other people are online and available to chat. It can be very tempting to try and add as many friends as possible to your list. You may even want to add people that you haven't met in real life.

Be extremely careful about whom you add to your buddy list. Many weirdo strangers will try to trick you into thinking they are kids just like you who just want to make friends. Then before you know it, they're trying to get you to reveal your personal information or sending you malware! Real friends would never try to put you in danger like that. If you only allow your real life friends on your buddy list then you don't need to worry about it as much.

It's also a good idea to use password protection whenever you can, like for comments on social networking sites or blogs. Also, block anyone who isn't on your buddy list from sending you messages. If you ever get a message from someone that you don't know, you should tell a trusted adult about it and don't respond. It could be a weirdo stranger trying to trick you!

posted by Betty
topics: Safe Online Communication

March 4 2008

Managing Communications

Communication is a big thing on a job like this. It's a lot of responsibility, but don't worry. I will make Commander Omni proud. A large number of students have expressed a desire to help us in our search for Alan. I've asked Carlo to help manage them, so Maya and I aren't flooded with reports.

posted by Betty
topics: Miscellaneous