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Information on Information

Information on Information . Overview. Awareness Social Networks How information that is displayed or given can affect you Predators and how to keep safe from them. Social Networks . MySpace, Facebook , YouTube. Things to consider How your profile represents you and your family

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Information on Information

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  1. Information on Information

  2. Overview • Awareness • Social Networks • How information that is displayed or given can affect you • Predators and how to keep safe from them

  3. Social Networks

  4. MySpace, Facebook, YouTube... • Things to consider • How your profile represents you and your family • Do you personally know all of your “friends”? • What kind of personal information do you have on your profile?

  5. Privacy Assumptions • Assume that ANYTHING that you put on the internet can be accessed later • Once something is on the internet, it’s on there forever

  6. It’s just that easy…

  7. Predators • Sex offenders • Search in Google for National Sex Offender Registry • 77% of the targets for online predators were age 14 or older.  Another 22% were users ages 10 to 13. • 27% of middle- and high-school students know someone who has made friends with a much older (at least 5 years older) person on the Internet

  8. Amy’s Story

  9. Predators Continued • Scammers • ID theft (kids as well as adults) • Hackers • Spread computer viruses • “Phishing”

  10. Phishing

  11. Phishing • Fake websites whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one • Generic greetings • Threats to your account and requests for immediate action • Requests for personal information • Suspicious links • Misspellings and poor grammar

  12. Predators Cont. • Be cautious of the information that you display and who you give that information to • Don’t talk to strangers • When in doubt, ASK SOMEONE! • www.Google.com • Set accounts to private • Don’t assume anything

  13. Questions?

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