Connecting Online

Connecting Online: Outline

I do a lot on social networking sites – should I be concerned about my privacy?

What’s my responsibility to my networks? Am I using location-based social networks like

Foursquare or Facebook Places? What is smishing? How much information can people get from the

photos I have uploaded?

Connecting Online: Social Networks

Social networking involves: What you share Who you share it with

Image courtesy of Eugene Kim (Flickr)

Connecting Online: Social Networks

Social networking involves: Responsibility to your networks

– You may be comfortable posting that photo of last night’s party – but your friend may not

– Remember that people are your “friends” and “followers”

– Ask for help if you need it and reach out when you can – just as you would if faced with a similar situation offline

Connecting Online: Trends

We are going mobile.

More than half of all adults in US own a smart phone.75% of teens.

Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/ Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx

Image courtesy of Johan Larson (Flickr)

Connecting Online: Smishing

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Taken from YouTube

Connecting Online: Mobile Strategies

If your mobile is compromised, scammers can access all the personal information on your phone

Secure wifi-hotspot security. Even if you’re on your phone, the same rules apply

Connecting Online: Mobile Strategies

Look up unknown app creators, and unknown numbers

Avoid keeping too much personal information (ie. bank numbers and pins) on your phone

Connecting Online: Trends

Who can see my location?• Geolocation• Geotagging• Privacy and safety

implications of place-based apps?

Connecting Online: Geotagging

Who can see my location? While metadata makes it easier to organize

photos, revealing metadata of your photos can be vulnerable to cyberstalking

If you don’t want to be found, make sure you disable geotagging function

Connecting Online: Strategies

Consider your privacy settings. Who are you allowing to view your location?

If your location-based social network is linked to a Twitter or Facebook profile, your location is shared on these networks too

What’s your digital tattoo?

Resources My Social Network (c) Eugene Kim (

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/2235294862/in/photostream/). CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Pew Research Centre. “Pew Internet: Mobile.” Pew Internet. N,d. Web. 31 July 2012.

Browser (c) Johan Larsson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanl/4397800453/) CC BY 2.0

“What Is Smishing?” 16 May. 2012. YouTube. Web. 12 Aug. 2012.

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