ThinkB4uClickA Smart Guide to

Internet Safety

Dumb Ideas

• Stay off the Internet• Don’t have a Facebook page• Never use Twitter• Don’t e-mail• Never post a picture on anything• Stay out of ALL chat rooms• Avoid YouTube at all costs

Tools You Can Use

• Privacy settings• Security tools• Trusted sites only• Hard to guess passwords– Idea: Make a sentence, use the first letters• I hope I graduate from school in 2013 = IhIgfsi13

• Practice good DIGITAL HYGIENE

DTUI

• Driving drunk or on drugs = DUI• DTUI- Digital Technology Under the Influence• Never use digital technology when– Angry– Really tired– Tipsy– Being influenced by goofy friends

Why Not?!

• It can hurt someone’s feelings• Ruin their reputation• Open them up for cyberbullying• Ruin your reputation• Cost you friends• Cost you a job• Cost you your freedom

• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)– Can be tracked back to you– Can be used to identify you specifically

• Generic– Removes all PII– Leaves only facts: age, gender, reading level

• Profile– Tied to online identity

Privacy Settings

Security

• Cell phones– Password protect them– Ask about call/text blocking– Don’t answer if you don’t recognize– Report immediately if lost

• Spyware– Keep a program running to protect yourself

• Settings– Look for them, explore them, use them

Security 2.0

• Passwords– Keep them easy to remember– Make them hard to guess– Do not give them out– Change them if you have a fight or

breakup– Do not let people manipulate you• You can trust me….• If you loved me, you would…

Facebook

• Keep your password secure• Log off EVERY TIME• Don’t post anything you would not want your

parents, police, or a creeper to see• Think first about who will see it• Think about later– College admissions– Job recruiters

Cell Phones

• Password protect your phone• Information that can be read from your phone– Your name– Your address– Your friends numbers– Your parents numbers– Your pictures and all their pictures– Your text messages

Cybercrime

• Identity theft• Threats of bodily harm• Cyberstalking• Cyberbullying• Fraud• Scams• Craigslist

Cyberbullying

• When a minor is threatened, harassed, humiliated, or embarrassed by another minor using Internet, interactive technologies, or cell phones

• Not a one time deal• Does not involve adults• May not be taken seriously since it happens online- REPORT IT!

Cyberbullying 2.0

• Can lead to – Fights– Suicides– Murder

• How to deal with it– Tell them to stop– Save all messages, electronic copies especially– Find ISP address of offender– Call police

Cyberstalking & Cyberharassment

• Most often involves adults• Usually used by chickens– Revenge– Fear– Jealousy– Bigotry– Entertainment

Cyberstalking & Cyberharassment

• Uses digital technology to torment, harass, annoy, or set victims up for abuse by a third party

• Increases as prices go down and availability goes up

• Is punishable by same laws that govern stalking, harassment, and threatening

Distracted Driving

Texting blamed in Chilton County I-65 deaths of woman, baby

Published: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 10:00 AM Updated: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 10:25 AM

• Not just texting- eating, make-up, GPS, music• Keep 2 eyes on the road 2 hands on the wheel• Can’t resist?– Put your phone in the trunk

Sexting

• Sending nude or sexually suggestive pictures of yourself or others using digital technology

• Most think it is no big deal• Most people share these pics• Think of your mom or your younger sibs

seeing it on Facebook• Carries child pornography charges• If convicted, you register as a sex offender

What to Do?

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