Technological Awareness for Teens and Young Adults

1. Technological Awareness for Teens and Young Adults

2. What is Social Networking? • Social Networking is a social structure made of individuals who are tied by specific types of relationships. • Facebook • Myspace • Twitter • Flickr • Youtube

3. What Not to Share • Anything you wouldn’t be comfortable having your family see • Inappropriate photos • Offensive comments or language • Personal Information • Birth Date • Home Address • Vacation Plans • Favorite Activities • Information that could be used to answer security questions

4. 10 things NOT to do on social networking sites • Post your full name • Post your date of birth • Post contact Information: phone, email or address • Post pictures you don’t want everyone to see • Assume any communication here is private • Post information about your school or work • Talk about places and times of where your going to be • Post information about new purchases • Add friends you don’t really know • DO enable privacy on your accounts

5. Who Does this Apply to? • Everybody • Even if you don’t have a social networking account you can be impacted by what others post about you • Student Athletes are in the spotlight more then average students • Held to a higher standard • Upheld to a student athlete code of conduct • Some colleges have added restrictions to social networking in code of conduct contracts • Role models for other students

6. Consequences of Inappropriate Use • College Admissions Decisions • 1 in 10 college admissions officers routinely check applicants social networking pages • 38% found information that reflected poorly on the students http://youngadults.about.com/od/legalissues/a/facebookcaveat.htm • Employment Decisions • 34% of hiring managers have chosen not to hire a candidate based on information in their social network profiles http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/11/05/cb.social.networking/index.html

7. Consequences of Inappropriate Use • Suspension/Expulsion of athletic privileges • Two Nebraska wrestlers kicked off team over inappropriate photos http://www.nowpublic.com/sports/two-nebraska-wrestlers-kicked-team-over-nude-internet-photos • Michael Phelps suspended from competition for 3 months over photos depicting illegal drug usehttp://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=6816007 • Legal Consequences • Pictures from Facebook were used to cite violators of university alcohol policy at North Carolina State University http://web.archive.org/web/20051031084848/http://www.wral.com/news/5204275/detail.html • Murder suspect Dwayne Stancill of Oakland California was identified through a gangs MySpace web pagehttp://mashable.com/2007/10/25/murder-suspect-caught-through-myspace/ • Higher risk of being robbed • Recent new article states that burglars use Twitter, MySpace and other sites to case homes http://maribyrnong-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/burglars-use-facebook-twitter-to-target-empty-homes

8. Inappropriate Use of Electronic Communication • Don’t assume text message and emails are private communication • Assume anything sent through these methods is permanent • Software can be installed on phones that alert a third party to content being sent and received on the phone including photos and text messageshttp://www.icarecoalition.org/parentalcontrols.asp • Most employers use software to monitor email and internet activity • Chris Brown Rihanna incident started over a text message from another woman http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625680/20091106/rihanna.jhtml • UNM recently published email strings from the Locksley scandalwww.kob.com

9. Text Messaging • Sexting is sending nude pictures via text message • 20% of teenagers admit to engaging in sexting http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1390743/sexting_teens_charged_with_child_pornography.html • Messages can be forwarded to unintended recipients • Could be embarrassing if pictures were seen by unintended parties • 6 Pennsylvania teenagers charged with child pornography as a result of sexting http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1390743/sexting_teens_charged_with_child_pornography.html

10. Online Information Protection • Transition from high school to adult lives involves greater use of online accounts • Financial Information • Registering for College • Job Applications • Shopping

11. Password Selection • Complex passwords are harder to crack • Include capital and lowercase letters • Include numbers • Include special characters • Change passwords regularly • Don’t share passwords with ANYONE • Use different passwords for different accounts

12. Password Strength • Most commonly used password: “password” • How long would it take to crack this 8 character password that only uses lower case letters? • Approximately 348 minutes http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi • A better alternative: “P@ssw0rd” • How long would it take to crack this 8 character password that uses lower and upper case letters, numbers, and special symbols? • Approximately 23 years http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi

13. Hacker Techniques • Phishing • Emails asking you to verify account or personal information for security • Banks and financial institutions will never ask you to do this over the internet • Social networking messages • Is that really you in this video? • Text Messages • Your account has been compromised. Please call (999)999-9999

14. Hacker Techniques • Social Engineering • People can probe you for information that can lead to your security being compromised • Be careful what information you give out to whom • Mothers maiden name? • Where you were born? • What was your favorite pets name? • Retrieving information from social networking profiles

15. Hacker Techniques • Dictionary Attacks • Programs that check passwords against commonly used passwords • Spyware and Viruses • Programs that are installed on you computer without your knowledge • Monitor keystrokes • Track internet activity • Compromise, corrupt, or destroy data

16. Computer and Document Protection • Threats to your computer • Theft • Hardware Failure • Data Corruption • Virus/Spyware • User Access Controls

17. How to Protect your Computer • Use and frequently update antivirus software • Install software updates when they become available • Only install reputable and licensed software • Check the source of emails before downloading attachments • Don’t follow links in emails. Instead use you internet browser to navigate to the site • http://www.mgt.unm.edu/technology/security.asp

18. How to Protect your Computer • Avoid questionable websites • Require password protection when starting computer • Use Strong Passwords • Lock the screen or logout when you walk away from your computer • Don’t leave your computer unattended in public places • Back up important files on external media • http://www.mgt.unm.edu/technology/security.asp

19. Best Practices • Always use virus software on your PC • Don’t assume electronic communication is private • Use strong passwords and change them regularly • Don’t share your passwords • Use discretion on social networking sites • Be cautious when making purchases online • Only visit reputable websites • Back up important data in a second location • Don’t give out unnecessary personal information

20. Questions?