Protecting Your Privacy Online

Do as I say, not as I do

Passwords Lie Secure connection

(SSL) Vanity search Junk Account Terms of Service Billboards/T-Shirt

Don’t use your banking password for anything else

Use strong passwords (min 8 characters, alpha-numeric, mixed case)

Consider using a password keeper (i.e., LastPass)

Create a free email account for online registrations

Don’t use your correct birth date

Make up your mother’s maiden name, elementary school name, favorite pet name, etc.

"123 No Such Street, Nowhere, WI 01010"

When filling out sensitive data on surveys, make sure that it is a secure connection (SSL)

Https://

Put your name in quotes in the search engine.

http://123people.com

http://spokeo.com

Activity: Take a post-it or piece of paper and write on it the funniest thing that ever happened to you… last week, last month, last year or in your lifetime.

Wait for instructions…

Work account Vacation status Friends and followers Micro-manage Facebook Secure

Connection Tagging photos Kids’ names Games, quizzes Location-sharing

tools

Create separate work and personal accounts

•Create Lists of Friends and Pages

•Create Lists of Friends and Pages

Most FB users accept the defaults

Use the friends list to personalize your privacy settings

Open Book: http://youropenbook.org/ (warning: potentially offensive language)

Photo releases

Avoid identifiable photos

Don’t tag in Facebook

Use initials for ID

Most ask for access to your personal information

http://apps.facebook.com/aclunc_privacy_quiz/

Weird status messages = potential virus

If it sounds too good to be true…

http://www.facebook.com/help/?safety

http://foursquare.com

Who owns your contact information?

Are they company assets?

National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

(draft)

Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org/

Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/

Federal Trade Commission: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/index.html http://www.onguardonline.gov/

Snopes Scam Checker http://snopes.com/

molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu

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