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    Online Safety for Coders
    Online Safety for Coders
    Online Safety for Coders
    Ebook16 pages12 minutes

    Online Safety for Coders

    By Heather Lyons, Elizabeth Tweedale and Alex Westgate

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    How can you stay safe while surfing the Internet? The internet is an exciting world, but there are things you should be careful of as well. Find out how information is shared online, how cookies work, how to protect your privacy, and how to keep your computer safe. Then use the link in this book to try fun activities and projects to see how safe you can be online.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2016
    ISBN9781512421989
    Online Safety for Coders
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    Heather Lyons

    Author Heather Lyons is a co-founder of blue{shift} coding, a company specializing in teaching coding to young programmers. You can read more about blue{shift} at blueshiftcoding.com.

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