Important to know and remember!

Hey everyone, 

at the bottom you can find the video how to protect yourself in Social Media. It is basic first steps for people who just start using social media or for those who use social media for a while and might forget about this small details. #ESafety

Stay safe everyone,

Iana


 
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#ESafety: Setting an example and thinking outside the box!

Hey all!

Hope you have been keeping up with our blog here and seen our tweets passing around word of #ESafety!

Take a look at this brief Youtube video (link below) posted by levellearning which goes over some valuable details in using Creative Commons. Creative Commons is a different way to protect yourself online and while you may not have thought of it prior to today, it can be a worthy resource. By using a site such as Creative Commons you are giving yourself assured safety that you can control how your property or thoughts are going to be used by others with internet access. Think outside the box and open your mind up to the possibilities of internet safety meaning more than changing your password every three months or so. View the link below and perhaps try Creative Commons for yourself! Is this something that you would like to see available to you through your college years? Have you ever worked with Creative Commons before? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below!

Copyright and Advance Search using Creative Commons

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Published on Jul 31, 2012

Digital Literacy Induction Abingdon and Witney College

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Written By: Malyssa T.

#ESafety and Social Media

A purpose of this project is notice how to protect ourselves in social media and why is it important to in social network.

We like spend time use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media. When we use social media, we leave a Digital Footprint. A digital footprint is a trace of data when you are using internet. For example, Facebook, browse history, emails and passwords and even your private information.

Each social media has private mode, but actually it is just perfunctory step. Hackers can discover our private information and they will deliver spam or post illegal internet advertisement by your id and many others.

During use social media, I never thought my account could be hacked, but my account already hacked by someone and it was use for illegal internet advertisement.

Like my experience, many people have experience like me or people can get under attack from hacker. 

I think, all people do not want to everyone know all about them and our information is not really safe. So, our group will figure out how to protect ourselves in social media.

By: Chaerin Park

Social Media. How do we protect ourselves while inviting everyone in?

Our goal through this blog is to raise awareness for online safety in social media. We have created the hashtag #ESafety as the baseline for the start of a very important conversation and by using this hashtag you can join in!

Do you know what a digital footprint is? A digital footprint is the virtual trail of activity you leave through Facebook posts, Instagram, Google searches, emails, and every single keystroke you make. You may feel this is an exaggeration but it truly is not and you must be aware of the trail you leave behind. Simply because you've lost the password to an account or hit delete or edit does not mean that it's gone for forever. There will still always be a version of your digital footprints floating around in cyber space!

Now that we all understand a bit of the terminology we can start talking about why this topic is so important! The reality is that not everyone out there is out to do good, there are individuals who may be out to hurt you by using your digital footprint against you. It is important to understand the privacy settings available for use and how to use them effectively. It is also of value to you to be aware of exactly what is out there for the world to see and how easy it is to gain access to your personal information. Take a moment to google yourself. Do you like what you see? How would your current or potential employers view you? How would your Grandma view you? Are these findings surprising to you and do you feel that you've put to much of your personal details online? Finding the answers to these questions is the first step in making sure you aware of what anyone can find out about you with or without you knowing about it.

By: Malyssa Tibbo

#ESafety - What Is It?

Hello Readers!

#ESafety is generally an online movement on how us users can protect ourselves from harm - identity theft, hackers- that we may encounter online. This blog is created by George Brown College Students - Malyssa, Kirsten, Alesha, Chaerin, Iana and Joycee, for our Digital Citizenship Course #DcCourse1.

We will be posting about our own thoughts and experiences regarding this topic, and eventually will explore on the basic guidelines for internet safety.

Thank you all for reading, and more post coming soon!

#ESafety - What are your thoughts?

By: Kirsten

Windows ‘94 was my first ever internet experience. The only things that good old computer was used for was Neopets, Pinball, Microsoft Word, and other online gaming. Next up was Piczo, which became popular when I was in 7th to 8th Grade. It was first experience with “blogging”. Though these accounts have not been used for years, I know they still exist and they are somewhere in the internet. Lucky for me, these accounts cannot be seen when I google myself. Same with my Tumblr account, which was created in High school.

The scary part for me is that, though I may be unable to access these accounts -due to forgotten passwords and emails, they still exist. And they will always exist. They will always be part of my Digital footprint.

It doesn’t matter if you’re using the “incognito mode” or you are on secured connections, every information that you input online will always be tracked.

Privacy mode does not always mean private either. These can also be tracked down by hackers or by people in control of the websites. During High school, my mother would always tell me to be careful with what I put on the internet since employers are looking at your profiles. This did not affect me UNTIL I got to college. I started to think more about my future and it hit me.. “Would I hire myself if I see the things that I have posted online?” The answer was easy, NO. A teenage girl who whines a lot about how hard life is, is not so suitable for a lot of companies.

So yes, we must always be aware with how we use the internet and what we put in it. Whether it’s a simple “Selfie” on instagram or your credit card information during your online shopping, these will always exist, and you will never know who will able to access these.

Hi, every one! In my personal view of  protecting yourself in social media, People have to remember personal information can be spoiled by other tracker. For example, what I learned in Digital Citizenship course, when we click or access to the internet, there are left my foot print. that foot print that can be resale  information  to advertiser by tracker. That can  be bring serious problems, so our group can be use digital foot print online website to protect ourselves.  Moreover, people have to make sure to decide to share information as public or open to friends when people have blog or face book, to up load their pictures and other information. this is what I think regarding topic.

Have a good night every one!

Jayeon Goo (Alesha)

Good morning, everyone!

I feel it's important to speak about how to protect ourselves in Social Media. People should know how to do it, and our team create this topic to open discussion how to protect yourself in Social media.
On the beginning i want to say that we should remember at the time we put some information online, many people can see it or get this information, that is why it is important to be sure that you don't give your password to other people,who you don't trust. Also important to know to share personal information on your profile, don't put too many about your yourself because someone can use it. Always make sure you sign out, if you used someone computer or cellphone to get to your websites.
Those are most general points how to protect yourself, as I think.

Take care,

Iana Pokotylo