The Khan Family

Meet the March family

This fantastic family consists of mother Naya, sons Amir and Shakkir and daughters Umera and Sophie. They consider themselves to have really encompassed the digital age and they seem to have done a good job of becoming digital.

9 yr old Sophie is obsessed with Moshy Monster (http://www.moshimonsters.com) and spends lots of time on the family phone talking about her Moshy achievements with her friends. Sophie's mother has not let her daughter have a mobile phone. Probably a wise decision.

There seems to be some disagreement with the other members of the family on Facebook. 'It's boring' says Umera, 'just Ok' says Shakkir and 'I'm happy with it' says Amir as he taps away on his Facebook site. Is Facebook beginning to lose its magic?

Another important aspect of their digital experience was eBay. They were great eBay buyers and also very concerned about the security of the transactions they were involved in.

The topic that they will be focussing and advising on is Security.

How can you keep your details secure?

It is really important to look at the website address before you are use it to pay for your purchase. Does it begin with https://? If it does then it is secure. Do not put any information on credit cards and other cards into sites that have an address starting with just http://. The 's' has to be there. https

What are the top ten passwords? The latest survey gave these as the top ten passwords

1. 123456
2. 12345
3. 123456789
4. Password
5. iloveyou
6. princess
7. rockyou
8. 1234567
9. 12345678
10. abc123

How do you create and remember a secure password?

Here are some basic rules for passwords:

• Passwords are always case sensitive
• Passwords must be at least six characters and ideally, longer than eight characters.
• Passwords should not be words found in the dictionary.
• Passwords should use a mix of UPPER and lower case letters.
• Passwords should include some symbols like $%@! and so on.
• Passwords should be changed on a schedule like when you turn the clocks forward and back, for example.
• Passwords should be different every place you use one.

Go back to the Birmingham's 2010 Digital Families