Safe Cybershopping: How do you know?

1. What online shopping site are you researching? Put the url here and the site name?
activeforever.com/pool
2. Does this site use cookies to identify you as a return shopper? How do you know?

• There are cookies from the site but there is nothing about cookies in the privacy policy so I am not sure about the use of cookies to identify a shopper.

3. Is the site secure? Identify the security measures that this site uses to keep your credit card and personal identity safe?

• This is a secure site when you checkout.  I know this because:  The site has been verified by Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, the Certificate of the website is valid, the site uses https, and the site has 128-bit encryption. 

4. Does this site offer person to person payments?

• The site doesn't offer person to person payment. 

5. How can I verify that this site has not compromised individual's credit card or personal information?

• You can check if your credit card identity is stolen by checking the bill you get from the webstore when you purchase.  

6. Identify 3 methods I can use to keep my credit card and personal data safe from hacking while shopping online.

• You can pay by Paypal, or you can send a check/ money order so your credit cards identity can't be compromised.  Also, you can pay using a Wire Transfer, which allows you to specify the amount you want to pay so only the amount of money you specify can be taken from you for the payment.  

There is a privacy policy pertaining to customer information:
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing 

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.  (Direct from site: http://www.poolsaboveground.com/legal.html)

New Computer for the School:

Let’s Build a Computer!

Can you build an excellent computer for less than what it would cost from a company such as Dell or HP?
The answer is “yes” but you have to do some research. You will also need the time to build it from scratch. Since building a computer from scratch requires some understanding of technology you will not want to purchase something unreliable since you will have to do a lot of troubleshooting yourself.

Which group can build a basic computer for the least amount of money(less than 300.00) that is reliable?

Today’s mission:

Start with the following link for your research:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/build-a-computer.htm
Using the information from “How Stuff Works” include the best of each category stated below and why you chose the component that you chose. In other words provide good solid reasons for chosing where you will buy these components and why you chose these components.


You will need the following:

• Computer Components, Name of the part, Price, Where to purchase, Why this item?
• Motherboard Foxconn G41MXE-V Micro ATX $44.99 Newegg.com Inexpensive, lots of features, 3 Year Warranty
• RAM CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240 Pin $25.99 Newegg.com Lifetime warranty, inexpensive, high speed, good amount of memory
• Hard Drive(s) Seagate 160GB 5400rpm drive $31.99 Compuvest Forced to cut price? 28 and counting left in stock
• CPU Intel Celeron E3400 Wolfdale $46.99 Newegg.com Great value, good processor, great price
• OS Some open-source Linux (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc.) N/A N/A Don’t need it
• FireWire None N/A N/A Don’t need it
• DVD Drive Lite-On LightScribe 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
• $29.33 Amazon CD reader too. School-standard lightscribe.
• CD’s N/A’d out
• Case APEX Midtower Computer Case $19.99+$9.99 shipping Newegg $30 is the minimum
• Video Card Powercolor ATI RADEON 5450 $29.99 Newegg It’s a budget but game capable graphics card!
• Sound Card ASUS Sound Card Xonar DG
• $26.00 Amazon.com Great Price, Quality Sound, Great deal,
• Power Supply Cooler Master Elite 460W ATX +12V $32.99 Amazon 2x the power requirement of the computer.

Total Components needed and final price: - $298.26 - Right on the dot.

Hard Drive: Seagate 160Gigabyte Hard Drive, NEW
CPU: Intel Celeron E3400 Wolfdale (Dual Core)
Motherboard: Foxconn G41MXE-V MicroATX
RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin
Sound Card: ASUS PCI 5.1 Channel Sound Card XONAR DG
Video Card: POWERCOLOR 512MB DDR3 Radeon card
Case: APEX Tower Case

Here is Jake and my presentation about Biometric Security