1. ProtectingYour Privacy Online

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcdEojQrIpQ

3.  Do as I say, not as I do

4.  Passwords
 Lie
 Secure connection
(SSL)
 Vanity search
 Junk Account
 Terms of Service
 Billboards/T-Shirt

5.  Don’t use your banking
password for anything
else
 Use strong passwords
(min 8 characters,
alpha-numeric, mixed
case)

6.  Create a free email account for online
registrations

7.  Don’t use your correct
birth date
 Make up your mother’s
maiden name,
elementary school
name, favorite pet
name, etc.
 "123 No Such Street,
Nowhere, WI 01010"

8.  When filling out
sensitive data on
surveys, make sure
that it is a secure
connection (SSL)

9.  Put your name in quotes in the search engine.

10. http://123people.com

11. http://spokeo.com

13.  Activity: Take a post-it and write on it the
funniest thing that ever happened to you…
last week, last month, last year or in your
lifetime.
 Wait for instructions…

15.  Work account
 Vacation status
 Friends and followers
 Micro-manage
 Tagging photos
 Kids’ names
 Games, quizzes
 Location-sharing tools

16.  Create separate work and personal accounts

17.  You don’t need to accept every “friend”
request

18. •Create Lists of Friends and Pages

21.  Most FB users accept
the defaults

24.  Use the friends list to personalize your
privacy settings

26. Open Book: http://youropenbook.org/ (warning: potentially offensive language)

27.  Photo releases
 Avoid identifiable
photos
 Don’t tag in Facebook
 Use initials for ID

28.  Most ask for access to your personal information

29. http://apps.facebook.com/aclunc_privacy_quiz/

31.  Weird status
messages =
potential virus
 If it sounds too good
to be true…

32. http://www.facebook.com/help/?safety

33. http://foursquare.com

34. Who owns your
contact information?
Are they company
assets?
National Strategy for
Trusted Identities in
Cyberspace (draft)

35.  Electronic Frontier Foundation
 http://www.eff.org/
 Lifehacker
 http://lifehacker.com/
 Federal Trade Commission:
 http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/index.html
 http://www.onguardonline.gov/
 Snopes Scam Checker
 http://snopes.com/

36. molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu
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