{"id":393,"date":"2023-10-26T18:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/?p=393"},"modified":"2023-12-13T08:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T08:38:29","slug":"journal-entry-6-can-you-spot-three-fake-websites-and-compare-the-three-fake-websites-to-three-real-websites-plus-showcase-what-makes-the-fake-websites-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/2023\/10\/26\/journal-entry-6-can-you-spot-three-fake-websites-and-compare-the-three-fake-websites-to-three-real-websites-plus-showcase-what-makes-the-fake-websites-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal Entry 6: Can you spot three fake websites and compare the three fake websites to three real websites, plus showcase what makes the fake websites fake?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many ways to identify if a website is fake or not. A few include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>misspelled URL <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Error messages when clicking on the site link<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A missing padlock (including a not secure message)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1024x514.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-597x300.png 597w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1-600x293.png 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32041\/2023\/10\/image-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To verify the validity of the website, you can check for things like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A padlock in the search bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The website&#8217;s connection type<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The TLD of the website (.gov, .org, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some examples of authentic websites include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration (fda.gov)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/\">Welcome | USPS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/\">ODU &#8211; Old Dominion University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(images from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/all\/spot-a-scam\/how-to-identify-a-fake-website\">BBB Tip: How to identify a fake website<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to identify if a website is fake or not. A few include: To verify the validity of the website, you can check for things like: Some examples of authentic websites include: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (fda.gov) Welcome | USPS ODU &#8211; Old Dominion University (images from BBB Tip: How to&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/2023\/10\/26\/journal-entry-6-can-you-spot-three-fake-websites-and-compare-the-three-fake-websites-to-three-real-websites-plus-showcase-what-makes-the-fake-websites-fake\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":25885,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/jcartereportfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}