Presentation delivered at the Safer Internet Day on 26th September 2012 Hillcrest International Schools, Nairobi Kenya

1. Discover the digital world
together... safely!
Presented on 26th September 2012
Hillcrest International Schools
By
Mwende Njiraini
Tutor, Diplo Foundation

2. Internet: Good, Bad and Ugly!
• Good:
– Networking benefits
– Resource savings
– Rich information source
• Bad
– Privacy invasion
• Ugly
– Risk to health and life
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3. Social Networking Applications
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4. Face Book Usage by Age
13-17 18-25 26-34 35-44 45-54 55-64
8% 5%
20%
15%
26%
26%
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5. The Good!
• Networking benefits
– Professional
– Social
• Resource savings/gains
– Time
– money
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6. The Good!
• Rich information source
– Research & Innovation
– Easy access
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7. The Bad: Privacy Invasion
• Personal identifiable
information
– Email address
– True name
– Mobile Phone Number
– Personal Pictures:
yourself, friends and family
– Date of Birth
– Name of school
– Home Address
– Your whereabouts
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8. The Bad: Information overload?
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9. The Ugly!
• Physical and psychological trauma
– Addiction
– Pornography
– DIY instruction on production of dangerous
materials –bombs, poison, acid etc
– Recruitment: Criminal gangs/armies, drug
peddlers, actors/models ‘adult movies’
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10. The Ugly!
• Physical and psychological trauma
– Social ostracism: depression/runaways
– Violence/Abuse
– Drug addiction
– Promiscuity/Unwanted pregnancy
– Drug Addiction
– Death: suicide/killing
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11. The Internet never forgets!
• Now you are young, you’ll soon get old!
• Potential employers scrutinizing applicants
using
– Search engines
– Social-networking sites
– Photo- and video-sharing sites
– Personal Web sites and blogs
– Twitter
– Online-gaming sites
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12. Online Protection Initiatives
• Ministry of Gender and Children Affairs:
Department of Children Services
• Dial 116: 24 hours toll free helpline
service
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13. SEC_RITY starts with U!
• Strong passwords (alphanumeric + symbols)
• Build reputable online presence
– Think before you post
– Be picky about who you friend
– Do it on your own time and computer
• Read privacy policies
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14. SEC_RITY starts with Us!
• Read!
• Rights clubs
– Children Act, Constitution, UN
Convention on the Rights of
the Child
• Really hangout with your
friends!
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15. References
• Child Online Protection: http://www.cck.go.ke/consumers/consumer_protection/child-online-
protection.html
• Facebook now knows what you look like as it rolls out face recognition by stealth
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2000744/Facebook-face-recognition-technology-
Now-knows-look-like.html
• Google forced to black out hundreds of Street View photos after privacy protests - but site gets
record number of visits http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163456/Google-forced-black-
hundreds-Street-View-photos-privacy-protests--site-gets-record-number-visits.html
• Can Facebook get you fired? Playing it safe in the social media world: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-
11-10/living/facebook.fired.social.media.etiquette_1_social-media-worker-posts-workplace-
complaints?_s=PM:LIVING
• Watch What You Post. Employers Are Watching:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=119205518151009
• A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Years: Watch What You Post:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=161011247295587
• Got an iPhone or 3G iPad? Apple is recording your moves: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/04/apple-
location-tracking.html
• The Web Means the End of Forgetting : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-
t2.html?_r=0
• Makmende Amerudi: http://www.youtube.com/user/justabandwidth#p/a/u/1/_mG1vIeETHc
• www.home.co.ke
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16. Stay Safe!
mwenden@diplomacy.edu
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