Digital Passports at Risk...
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Unit B
4 • Citizenship and Virtual Worlds
WB p. 49
Digital Passports at Risk...
➜ To what extent are we in control of our digital identity?
Get ready!
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b. Look at the vocabulary lists. Find a title for each category, then add the words you found.
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b. Think of all the ways you identify yourself on the Internet.
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How concerned do you feel about privacy when you log on to a website? Have you ever googled your name on the Internet? Someone else’s name? What would you expect to find?
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Toolbox
Toolbox
- offline / online (adj.)
- theft / data breach /ˈdԑɪtə ˈbriːʧ/ (n.)
- aggregate /ˈægrɪˌgԑɪt/ (v.)
- compromise /ˈkɒmprəˌmaɪz/ (v.)
- hack /ˈhæk/ (v.)
Let’s learn!
Find the word!
Choose a word from the vocabulary lists. Give a synonym or a definition of it and have your classmates guess it.
Idiom of the week!
The tip of the iceberg!
Idiom
Of course, everybody knows the story of the Titanic. This idiom is inspired by the iceberg, rather than the ship. The first use was actually recorded in 1969. The metaphor is used to refer to a problem which seems small and relatively harmless, but whose true, greater significance is hidden.
Digital Identity
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box 1
- black hat (exp.)
- data analyst (exp.)
- software engineer (exp.)
- cryptographer (n.)
- developer (n.)
- hacker (n.)
- programmer (n.)
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box 2
- addictive (adj.)
- behavioural (adj.)
- counterintuitive (adj.)
- emphatic /ɪmˈfætɪk/ (adj.)
- fast-changing (adj.)
- digital native (exp.)
- interact with (v.)
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box 3
- underhand / sneaky (adj.)
- encryption /ɪnˈkrɪpʃən/ (n.)
- hindrance / obstacle (n.)
- threat /ˈθrɛt/ (n.)
- steal (v.)
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box 4
- blackmail /ˈblækˌmɛɪl/ (n. or v.)
- corroborate (v.)
- display /dɪsˈplɛɪ/ (v.)
- distort (v.)
- engross /ɪnˈgrəʊs/ (v.)
- interfere with (v.)
- intrude in (v.)
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box 5
- exposure (n.)
- connect / bond (v.)
- engage with (v.)
- express oneself (v.)
- misuse /ˌmɪsˈjuːz/ (v.)
- overuse (v.)
- post /ˈpəʊst/ (v.)
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box 6
- nosey /ˈnəʊzɪ/ (adj.)
- keep tabs on (exp.)
- titbit /ˈtɪtbɪt/ (fam.) (n.)
- snoop / spy on (v.)
- stalk /ˈstɔːk/ (v.)
- track (v.)
- unmask (v.)