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