Social Media: What You Should Know

Overview Survey Results Video: 6 Degrees of Information What is our digital identity? Methods for gaining access to our personal information Video: Think Before You Post How to Protect Yourself

Time Spent on Internet

Social Media Sites

Six Degrees of Information https://www.youtube.com/v/CIcIswUkqiY Think before you post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4_Hrwh2XI

Your Digital Identity Face Ethnicity Voice Address Fingerprint Education Gender Language Date of Birth Affiliations Place of Birth Interests Mother’s Maiden Name Hobbies Family Averages: 61 text messages 121 emails Per day 26 apps used per month 5 social media accounts This means, we are constantly putting data and information out on the internet and we may not realize what we are sharing

Your Personal Information Open source – You post it online…or your friends/family do People can gain quit a bit just by searching your social media accounts. Most common are date of birth, address, mother’s maiden name, school, schedules and places you visit

Your Personal Information Theft Think of all the information on your phone and computer Phishing Criminals emails or friend you pretending to be someone else Clicking on an email – can be targeted to you specifically

Your Personal Information Hacking Large scale data breaches can reveal your data and PII

Your Personal Information Passwords Easy passwords like password123 Phishing scams Same password used for all sites Locations Check in features Filters used with the location Embedded in photos Pictures with personal belongings

Think Before You Post

How to Protect Yourself Remove personal information Do a sweep through all of your social media accounts and remove your PII Update your privacy settings Set your profile to private Remove 3rd party apps Hide your friends list

How to Protect Yourself Setup a different email that is only for social media Do not share your location Do not let others tag you

How to Protect Yourself Strong Passwords! Create a strong password 8+ characters long Include numbers, capital letters and symbols Use a different password for each account Change it often Consider using multi-factor authentication Never give it out!

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Project Resources https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.truthfinder.com/infomania/amp/safety/remove-exif-data-geotag/ Applied Fundamentals Consulting LLC presentation on information security http://www.netsmartz.org/SocialMedia Cybertipline.com Coby Persin – The Dangers of Social Media http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2790418/hackers-release-100-000-photos-videos-intercepted-popular-app-snapchat-including-huge-trove-include-child-pornography.html

GPS Info Sites that Remove GPS (EXIF) Data Sites that do not remove EXIF Data Instagram Snapchat Facebook Tumblr Twitter* Picasa Pinterest Photobucket eBay Dropbox Google+ When unsure, it is always best to remove your GPS location from all images shared on the internet