Digital Reputation & Privacy
Your reputation is valuable and its up to you to keep it that way. The following video by Friendly Screens highlights how you can keep your reputation and privacy online.
Don't let your online life, affect your real life.
Your digital reputation is defined by what you do online and by the content that you post about yourself and others. Tagged photos, blog posts and social networking interactions will all shape how you are perceived by others online and offline, now and in the future. Remember that once its out there, its impossible to get or take it back.
A poor digital reputation can affect your friendships, relationships and even your college prospects - so protect it.
How do I protect my digital reputation?
Remember, online information could be there forever. Your personal information may end up being seen by people you don’t know, including colleges and potential employers. Google yourself, you might be surprised what is out there.
A poor digital reputation can affect your friendships, relationships and even your college prospects - so protect it.
How do I protect my digital reputation?
- Think before you post, send or blog!
- Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- Set your profile to private—and check every now and then to make sure the settings haven’t changed.
- Keep an eye on photos tagged by your friends and remove ones that are offensive.
Remember, online information could be there forever. Your personal information may end up being seen by people you don’t know, including colleges and potential employers. Google yourself, you might be surprised what is out there.
by lindajurkowitz. Learn about data visualization tools.
Phishing
A growing threat being experienced by teens online is Phishing, which is the act of fooling a computer user into submitting personal information by creating a fake website that looks like a real (and trusted) site. It is a hacker technique of "fishing" for passwords and other secret financial info. According to WordSpy.com, the word was invented by computer hackers in the late 1990's, and it plays off a common hacker word play of changing the letter "f" to "ph", which was seen as early as the seventies with "phone phreaks." The following video highlights the dangers of phishing and what to look forward to avoid being taken advantage of.
This page was last updated on December 13, 2012.