1. Protecting Your Privacy Online

2.  No mute button?  Mute: dial 611#  Unmute: dial 600#

3.  Do as I say, not as I do

4.  Passwords  Lie  Secure connection (SSL)  Vanity search  Junk Account  Terms of Service  Billboards/T-Shirt

5.  Don’t use your banking password for anything else  Use strong passwords (min 8 characters, alpha-numeric, mixed case)  Consider using a password keeper (i.e., LastPass)

6.  Create a free email account for online registrations

7.  Don’t use your correct birth date  Make up your mother’s maiden name, elementary school name, favorite pet name, etc.  "123 No Such Street, Nowhere, WI 01010"

8.  When filling out sensitive data on surveys, make sure that it is a secure connection (SSL)  Https://

9.  Put your name in quotes in the search engine.

10. http://123people.com

11. http://spokeo.com

13.  Activity: Take a post-it or piece of paper and write on it the funniest thing that ever happened to you… last week, last month, last year or in your lifetime.  Un-mute your phone (button or 600#) and wait for instructions…

15.  Work account  Vacation status  Friends and followers  Micro-manage  Tagging photos  Kids’ names  Games, quizzes  Location-sharing tools

16.  Create separate work and personal accounts

18. Create Lists of Friends and Pages

22.  Most FB users accept the defaults

25.  Use the friends list to personalize your privacy settings

27. Open Book: http://youropenbook.org/ (warning: potentially offensive language)http://youropenbook.org/

28.  Photo releases  Avoid identifiable photos  Don’t tag in Facebook  Use initials for ID

29.  Most ask for access to your personal information

30. http://apps.facebook.com/aclunc_privacy_quiz/

32.  Weird status messages = potential virus  If it sounds too good to be true…

33. http://www.facebook.com/help/?safety

34. http://foursquare.com

35. Who owns your contact information? Are they company assets? National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (draft)

36.  Electronic Frontier Foundation  http://www.eff.org/ http://www.eff.org/  Lifehacker  http://lifehacker.com/ http://lifehacker.com/  Federal Trade Commission:  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/index.html http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/index.html  http://www.onguardonline.gov/ http://www.onguardonline.gov/  Snopes Scam Checker  http://snopes.com/ http://snopes.com/

37. molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu Presentation available on SlideShare.net: http://www.slideshare.net/mimmendorf