When it comes to social media, most of us expect that we are in control of what we share about ourselves, and who we share with. In this hands-on workshop, we will dispel common myths and misconception about social media privacy as well as discuss step-by-step instructions for securing out social media selves.

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Del Belcher | Social Media Specialist
Jackson College

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How secure
are you?
VOTE!

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Social Media
Security
What is hacking?
Tips for protecting your social media
information
Strengthening your social media
defenses
Best practices
Action items
Security and privacy check
What we will cover

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Hackers have
exposed:
 110 Million Americans (roughly half of the
nation’s adults) in the last 12 months alone
 9 out of 10 adults fee consumers of lost control
over how personal information is collected and
used by companies
 6 out of 10 American's “would like to do more”
to protect their personal information online
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1. Pew Research
2. Ponemon Institute
3. Pew Research

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HistoricSocial
Media Hacks
 Snapchat: 200,000 SnapchatAccounts were Breached – 2016
 Twitter: 33 million usernames and passwords leaked – 2016
 Netflix: credential leak – 2016
 Gmail: 42 Million leaked credentials - 2016
 Facebook: credential leak, - 2016 & 2013
 iCloud leak – Almost yearly!
 YikYak: hack – 2014

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What is
Hacking?
Hacking Isn’t… Hacking Is…
 Vulnerability Scanner
 Brute-Force Attack
 Keystroke
 Virus,Worm,Trojan Horse
 SpoofingAttack (Phishing)
 Social Engineering
 Intimidation
 Helpfulness
 Name-Dropping
 Technical

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How do I
identifyhacking
threats?
Think before you act
Too good to be true?
Require immediate action?
Do they need my personal
information?
Personal Info is like money.
It needs to be protected

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How do I avoid
hacking threats?
Share with Care
What you post can last a lifetime
Be aware of what’s being shared
Own your online presence
Post only about others as you
would have them post about you
Social media is a car. It takes time to
learn. Discipline to stay safe.
Incredibly simple to mishandle.

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ActionTips
Passwords
 A strong password is a sentence that is at least 12
characters long
 Something you love
 Easy to remember
 Sometimes you can use spaces
General Social Media Safety

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ActionTips
Unique Account, Unique Passwords
 Having separate passwords for every account helps to
thwart cybercriminals.
 At the minimum, separate your work and personal
accounts.
 The more critical the account, the stronger the
password
General Social Media Safety

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ActionTips
Write it Down
 Everyone can forget a password. Keep a list that’s
stored in a safe secure place AWAY from your
computer
 Password management services
General Social Media Safety

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ActionTips
Two Step Authentication
 Two step verification or multifactor authentication
 Two factor authentication can use anything from a
text message, phone number, digital token,
biometric like your fingerprint, to provide
enhanced account security
General Social Media Safety

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ActionTips
Remember me not
 Make sure the “remember me” function is not
enabled
 Delete your browsing history
 Log out
 Anyone can access public computers
 Close all browser tabs and log out
At work or in public

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ActionTips
Connect with care
 Use secure websites:
 Https:// or shttp:// vs http://
 Get savvy about publicWi-Fi
 Public Wi-Fi isn’t necessarily secure.
 Limit the type of business you conduct over
public Wi-Fi
At work or in public

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ActionTips
Secure your accounts
Make passwords long and strong
Unique account, unique password
Write it down. Keep it safe!
OwnYour Online Presence
Know what you show
When in doubt:THROW IT OUT!
Takeaways

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Facebook
Robust security features
Facebook is the most widely used
social media platform on the plant
Facebook is the most/second most
visited website on the planet
You probably are not onTwitter,
Instagram, Reddit,Tumbler,
Snapchat andYikYak
Why just Facebook for this
workshop?

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Facebook
Who can:
 See the pics of your kids?
 Share you info?
 See where you are right now?
 Collect, track, share your app usage info?
Every action you take on Facebook has privacy
implications
Why is Facebook security
important?

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Facebook
Time to log in!Reviewing security settings