Social Media What You Should Know Overview Survey

Social Media: What You Should Know

Overview • • Survey Results Video: 6 Degrees of Information What is our digital identity? Methods for gaining access to our personal information • Video: Think Before You Post • How to Protect Yourself

Time Spent on Internet

Social Media Sites

Six Degrees of Information

Your Digital Identity • • Face Voice Fingerprint Gender Date of Birth Place of Birth Mother’s Maiden Name • • Ethnicity Address Education Language Affiliations Interests Hobbies Family

Your Personal Information • Open source – You post it online…or your friends/family do – People can gain quit a bit just by searching your social media accounts. Most common are date of birth, address, mother’s maiden name, school, schedules and places you visit

Your Personal Information • Theft – Think of all the information on your phone and computer • Phishing – Criminals emails or friend you pretending to be someone else – Clicking on an email – can be targeted to you specifically

Your Personal Information • Hacking – Large scale data breaches can reveal your data and PII

Your Personal Information • Passwords – Easy passwords like password 123 – Phishing scams – Same password used for all sites • Locations – Check in features – Filters used with the location – Embedded in photos • Pictures with personal belongings

Think Before You Post

How to Protect Yourself • Remove personal information – Do a sweep through all of your social media accounts and remove your PII • Update your privacy settings – Set your profile to private – Remove 3 rd party apps – Hide your friends list

How to Protect Yourself • Setup a different email that is only for social media • Do not share your location • Do not let others tag you

How to Protect Yourself • Strong Passwords! – Create a strong password • 8+ characters long • Include numbers, capital letters and symbols – Use a different password for each account – Change it often – Consider using multi-factor authentication – Never give it out!

6 Clicks Demo

Project Resources • https: //www. google. com/amp/s/www. truthfinder. com/info mania/amp/safety/remove-exif-data-geotag/ • Applied Fundamentals Consulting LLC presentation on information security • http: //www. netsmartz. org/Social. Media • Cybertipline. com • Coby Persin – The Dangers of Social Media • http: //www. dailymail. co. uk/news/article-2790418/hackers -release-100 -000 -photos-videos-intercepted-popular-app -snapchat-including-huge-trove-include-childpornography. html

GPS Info Sites that Remove GPS (EXIF) Data Sites that do not remove EXIF Data Instagram Snapchat Facebook Tumblr Twitter* Picasa Pinterest Photobucket e. Bay Dropbox Google+ When unsure, it is always best to remove your GPS location from all images shared on the internet