Risks of Joining Social Networks

What Are Social Networks? Myspace Facebook Xanga Youtube

Scenario What sort of information would you need to receive a monetary gain at the expense of another individual?

Personal and Behavioral NAME ADDRESS SCHOOL PICTURES PHONE NUMBER SCHEDULE OTHER INFORMATION EMPLOYERS BLOGS DOCUMENTS LIKES DISLIKES MEDIA

General Internet Behavior Safe Don’t do anything online that you wouldn’t want your grandmother to know about Unsafe Too much information = bad

Predators Perception of predators on social networks One stop shop Learn behavioral aspects Know your schedule Gain knowledge to manipulate

Predator Behavior Now that we have found a subject, what can we get?

Predators Cont. How to protect yourself Don’t talk to strangers Don’t post too much personal information Set your accounts to private Know predators around your neighborhood

Private Account Settings

Helpful websites for protection http://www.cabq.gov/police/asorna/ http://www.city-data.com/ http://www.wiredsafety.org/

Final Thoughts Don’t believe any of this to be true? Dateline NBC

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