Julian's esecurity slides for techmums

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How to stay safe
online
(eSecurity)

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Aim
• Just a starter today covering main points of eSecurity
– Privacy, Passwords, and Computer Security
• There are many layers of actions you can take
– Just like securing your home
• A simple door lock
• A 5 lever door lock
• Window locks
• Alarm system
• CCTV
• The internet offers huge advantages for everyone –
and simple precautions will keep you safe

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Digital
World
Self
Harm
Permanence
Ease of Search
Ethical Grey Unethical Illegal
Harm
Spectrum
Gossip
Public Interest
Privacy Invasion
List
Selling
Unsolicited
Calls
Mug
Targeting
Phone
Tapping
Libel
ID
Theft
Fraud
Assault
Physical
World
Privacy – know your settings

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Social networks & Online privacy
• Are you a person of interest?
– Maybe not to national media
– But always the answer is yes
• Current & future employers
• Friends and acquaintances
• Partners and ex partners
• Understand what is public, private or semi-private
– Twitter is public, but has private Direct messages
– Facebook defaults to public, but can by private
– Be careful what you reveal publically online
• Hard to pull back your personal reputation
• Understand & use Privacy settings
– Default to Friends only where possible
– Network defaults are rarely very private
– You can often (but not always) delete posts/photos

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Passwords
• Passwords are you main line of defence
– Hackers DO try and guess
– Your (ex)partner, “friends”, others may try too
• Fraping – “When a friend or family member
pretends to be you and uses your Facebook
account (for example) to post funny (or
supposedly funny) updates”
• Use safe passwords
– Relatively easy to get details about you
• So don’t use birthdates, names, schools, anything
personal
• Safe passwords can be hard to remember
– Tools to help such as 1Password
• Security questions to recover passwords
– Lie, but do so in a way you can remember
Strong password
Long (8+ characters)
Upper & lower case
Include numbers (0..9)
Include special chars
(@£$%^&*:;….)
Different from site to site

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• Think before you click
– But we all get caught at some
point
– Have computer security
program
• & enable firewall
– (Stops people entering by the
back door)
– Keep your computer system
and phone system up to date
with latest software - by default
keep updates on
Computer security - viruses,
spyware, malware

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Exercises
• What password(s) do you Use?
• Check your Facebook privacy settings
• Has you computer got Virus Protection/Frewall
– Is it up to date?