Online safety for adults
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Digital footprints
Digital FootprintsBenefits
• Don’t have to repeatedly log in• Submit personal details
Cost• Which websites you frequent• What things you search for• Who is in your social circle
Commercial PurposesTrack youCustomize for youMarket to you
Three ways to manage and control
1. Improve your understanding of basic issues
2. Develop “basic hygiene” habits
3. Use privacy tools
Understanding the basics
everything shared on the Internet being a privacy risk to some degree
Develop your 'basic hygiene” habits.
keep different parts of your digital footprint separate
Use Privacy Settings
default settings for browsers, devices and apps are set to disclose,
rather than secure, your personal data
Define terms
Virus a self-replicating program that is designed to infect a computer
Malwareintentionally malicious software or code
Spamunsolicited email or junk mail
Define terms Clickjacking technique that tricks users into
clicking on a malicious link
Mousetrappingkeeps visitors from leaving a website by locking them into a window, opening multiple windows on the desktop, or relaunching their website in a window that can't be closed.
Define terms Sockpuppeta fake identify
Trolla person who posts comments just to get a rise out of people
Flame War insulting comments and personal attacks are focus of conversation
FlamebaitA comment posted by someone trying to provoke a flame
Teens online
Online Study 88% of self-made
Sexual or suggestive imagesteens post are reposted on
adult websites
•Creating a hate group about someone.•Posting mean comments online.•Photoshopping someone’s photo to embarrass them.•Recording and posting fight videos.•Spreading rumors and gossip through text messages.•Stealing someone’s identity to create a fake profile