Risks of the Internet

Using the Internet responsibly requires understanding the risks involved and working (to the extent personally desirable) to mitigate the risks. Provided below is a significantly condensed homemade diagram of the Internet. Immediately following the diagram is a list of terms set of that will probably be useful in discussing the questions regarding risks which are provided further below.

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Term `====================`	Description and Function `===============================================================================`
ssh
PGP
HTTP
HTTPS
router
packet
telnet
filters
sniffer
ethernet
firewall
encryption
redundancy
domain name
secure sockets layer
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Question =================================	Response ======================================================
Is it safe to shop online?
Isn't e-mail private?
Can my computer be taken over by someone on the net?
Stuff sent over the computer is in electronic form. How can people read it?
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