I don't believe that everything is truly private. There has to be some information that slips through the cracks or that someone always sees, even if you are private or incognito mode. After doing some digging, that the Internet Service Provider always sees where you are surfing. They're like a creepy version of Santa Claus. Instead of giving you gifts, they have the possibility of losing your information to people that will use it for financial gain. Why should you care? For reasons like this: during the Target breach in 2013, cybercriminals were able to steal 40 million credit and debit records and 70 million customer records.
It's important to keep your information secure and private, but there are some instances where it seems like you can't. I'm arrogant in that fashion. I still go to Target for their little knick knacks and use my credit card to pay for it. Live life on the wild side.
I heard the "once you put something on the internet, it's there for good" quote all the time growing up. Thinking about things such as snapchat even when a photo "disappears" it is never really gone. I am thinking about how valuable this will be to teach our students to protect themselves. Even if you are not posting a photo, your friend's could be posting innaproptriate photos of you that could be damaging. Protecting ourselves is so important especially as educators. https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/main/stories/2017/11/21/stay-safe-on-social-media.html Here is a link to 10 ways to keep us safe on social media. Not accepting friend requests from strangers is key!
ReplyDeleteIt is scary to think that once something is on the internet, it is there forever. Especially if an individual posted something in the past and it came up during an important interview and costed them the position. Us as educators it is extremely important to make sure our social media websites are secure and make sure they are protected (I reccomend two factor authentication)!
ReplyDeleteI think this is very true and such a good thing to remember. Anything you post, search, or comment on has the possibility to be seen by others. I think of things like snapchat or 24 hour stories that people feel more comfortable posting on because they "disappear" after a certain time frame. Even things like this can be saved or resurface and is not really private.
ReplyDelete