Skip to main content

Whooooo Are you?

Dear Reader,


This semester I have been taking several program language classes. PHP, SQL, Python, HTML, CSS...they are all very useful when working with things on the internet. However, I have realized by taking them that it is EXTREMELY important to be careful with our technology. I referenced a song a few years ago, Online, which talks about how you can fake a lot of things on the internet or social media. It is even more apparent now that we need to be careful with everything we ever post in order to care for our physical, financial, social and emotional well-being. I'll give just a couple of examples of what I mean.

In my python class, my teacher showed us how very easy it is to spider websites to find information. Granted, the examples he showed us were about finding all the sports statistics of a specific team or all the LDS General Conference articles with a particular theme, but the tricks he showed us could also be used for finding personal information about everyone and their dog. There are software programs a person could write that can have the appearance of a real person, but are really just the program working by itself.

While learning PHP, which is a web programming language, I learned that if the right security is not set for different websites or the different apps on your phone, someone could very easily access your information or pose a someone who can gain your confidence enough to swindle you or rob you.

I guess I just wanted to write a quick reminder to all of you that being safe with technology is very important. Make sure you are always updating your passwords, checking your online security settings and watching what you post to your social media.

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Am I Proud to Be an American?

This weekend is the 4th of July, or Independence Day in the United States of America. One of my favorite songs during this time of celebrating the country is "God Bless the USA." The words paint a detailed picture of the beauty of the United States, both in a physical and emotional aspect. Our country is often depicted in a majestic manner such as this, making it seem like the greatest in the world and we often hear those bold words, "I'm proud to be an American."  With all of the issues that have been cropping up over the past couple of years such as impeachment, systemic racism, foreign intervention, and most significantly the COVID-19 pandemic, I have reflected deeply about what we celebrate with the 4th of July. These issues are just a few of the many that have made me wonder about the country we praise so proudly.  Am I really proud to be an American?  Thomas Jefferson wrote the candid words of the Declaration of Independence, which were th...
Post a Comment
Read more

I like Happiness

Dear Readers, Happiness is great, don't you agree? Just the other night, it was a very frustrating and confusing night out with the Ensemble yet again, but I came back to my friend's house to hang out and just decided that being happy was more important than giving in to my gossiping desires. The rest of the night was just brilliant after I decided that. This morning was another example: I woke up late and was again frustrated. What did I do? I went to school and decided to be happy. The rest of the day went great! Be Happy! :D
1 comment
Read more

Book of Mormon Stories

Dear Reader, Today I simply want to share a story that has strengthened my testimony of the Book of Mormon over the years. Professor Felix Mynhardt was fluent in many languages, including English, Afrikaans, Hebrew and Egyptian, as well as many others. He was employed as a language professor when he had been praying that the Lord would give him some divinely important task that would justify his having this gift of language from God. In 1970 he visited with a group of Mormon leaders, who sought to commission him to translate the Book of Mormon from English into Afrikaans. He said that he knew of the Book of Mormon from his religions studies, and his initial reaction was that he did not want to be involved in translating it. However, that evening, as he prayed upon his knees, as was his habit, he said the Spirit of the Lord convinced him. The message was something on the order of, "You asked me for a great, divinely inspired task of translation, I sent it to you in the form o...
Post a Comment
Read more