The Internet: How To Be Safe and Smart 1
Who’s On The Internet? 2
You’re not alone! There are 3.5 BILLION people who are on the Internet in some form or fashion. That’s a LOT of people! 3
Why Should I Worry? 4
Did you know? • 86% of all identities stolen are from the United States. Info comes from trash at home and work, mailboxes and…the Internet • An identity is stolen every TWO seconds! 5 / Special Olympics Texas
Security Is The Key! Would it be easy for someone to guess your password? Would it be easy for someone to guess your answers to your security questions? Do you use a different password for each of your social media and email accounts? 6
Beef Up Your Security Make sure you have good UP-TO-DATE anti-virus software installed on your computer. Yes, it’s pricey. Yes, it’s worth it. Some internet service providers give you software to use. ASK! Consider getting a program that will make up super- secure passwords for you. Free ones include LastPass 4.0 and LogMeOnce. Subscription programs include Zoho Vault and LastPass Premium. 7
Security Is Important! With a name, address and date of birth, crooks are able to open bank and credit card accounts. They supplement info with fake documents. 8
Know Who You’re Ordering From Hackers make web pages to look like products/companies that we know, but they count on us being distracted and ending up on the wrong page Examples: Underarmor.info – should be underarmor.com Blakberry.com – should be blackberry.com 9 / Special Olympics Texas
Email Safety Never respond to email • from people or companies you don’t know. Never click links in email • from someone you don’t know. Only open attachments • from known senders. Beware of the FW:FW:, • even from people you know 10 / Special Olympics Texas
Where (Not) To Go On The Web 11
Let’s Get Social 12
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Why do we like to be online, on Facebook or Twitter or Snapchat or Instagram or…? 14
Quick Question • Do you “know” someone if you’ve never met them? 15 / Special Olympics
What (Not) To Post To Your Profile Leave out anything that a bank might use: • Date of birth • Address • Employer • Phone numbers • Hometown • Social Security number • Mom’s maiden name 16
Who’s Out There? Who can see your posts/tweets/snaps? Everyone • Friends? • Friends of friends? • Why is that important? Profile has your name, your birthday, your home address (maybe), your • phone number (maybe), your email address, names of pets, relatives, photos…and the list goes on! Privacy settings Set your privacy settings to the most restrictive • 17 / Special Olympics Texas
Facebook Facebook is a social networking site that allows people to post comments, share photos and other info with friends. Some think it’s safer because you must “accept” friends. And it mostly is. BUT Many of those quizzes that seem fun actually contain malware that can allow hackers to gain access to your profile…and your computer. 18 / Special Olympics Texas
Twitter • Twitter is designed for people to communicate through “tweets” – messages that are no more than 140 characters long. Can contain photos, videos and links. 19 / Special Olympics Texas
Snapchat Snapchat allows a user to send videos and pictures that “go away” a few seconds after they are viewed. HOWEVER… 20
Instagram Instagram is a mobile photo and video-sharing networking service. Items can be shared publically or privately on the app and on other sites. 21
Texting What R U TXTING? 22 / Special Olympics Texas
Quick Question(s) • When you’re posting to social media or texting: Would you say it to that person’s face? • How would you feel if someone said it to you? • What would your mom/dad/sister/brother/grandma/grandpa think if they knew you were saying this? 23 / Special Olympics
Do I know you? What do you do if you get a text or a direct message from someone you do not know? Should you allow someone you don’t know to follow you? We’re already friends. Why are you asking again? (scam alert!) 24 / Special Olympics Texas
Bullying • What should you do if someone bullies you online? 25 / Special Olympics
Picture This 26
Identity Theft Through Photos A victim only used her first name in her profile, but the crook still found her birthday and surname in captioned pictures. He found her birth year in her profile name. “Victoria1989” 27 / Special Olympics Texas
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Quick Question If you delete something from social media/web/text, does it actually go away? 29
Another Quick Question Ask yourself: Would I want everyone in the ENTIRE WORLD to see this picture, even my parents or other relatives? My coaches? My boss? 30
Keep Your Friends Think before you take a picture, especially selfies! Do not take photos or post photos of someone else without permission Do not take personal photos of yourself or others Do not share personal photos of yourself or others with ANYONE. 31
Travel the World? 32
It’s Viral, Baby 33
Last Thoughts 34
Thank you. Let’s be safe out there! 35
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