Molly Immendorf
CE Technology Services
Protecting Your Privacy Online
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Do as I say, not as I do
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Passwords
Lie
Secure connection
(SSL)
Vanity search
Junk Account
Terms of Service
Billboards/T-Shirt
Don’t use your banking
password for anything
else
 Use strong passwords
(min 8 characters,
alpha-numeric, mixed
case)
 Consider using a
password keeper (i.e.,
LastPass)
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Create a free email account for online
registrations
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"
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When filling out
sensitive data on
surveys, make sure
that it is a secure
connection (SSL)
 Https://
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Put your name in quotes in the search engine.
http://123people.com
http://spokeo.com
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Activity: Take a post-it or piece of paper and
write on it the funniest thing that ever
happened to you… last week, last month, last
year or in your lifetime.
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Wait for instructions…
Work account
Vacation status
Friend Lists
Micro-manage
Facebook Secure
Browsing
 Tagging photos
 Kids’ names and info
 Apps
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Create separate work and personal accounts
Note: Not officially allowed by Facebook’s Terms of
Service
•Create Lists of Friends and Pages
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We Know What You Are Doing (not censored)
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Most FB users accept the defaults
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Use the friends list to personalize your
privacy settings
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Photo releases
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Avoid identifiable
photos (signs)
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Don’t tag in Facebook
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Use initials for ID
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Weird status
messages =
potential virus
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If it sounds too good
to be true…
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Facebook “Find Friends Nearby”
 http://www.pcworld.com/article/258268/facebook_find_friends_nearb
y_brings_privacy_concerns.html
 http://lifehacker.com/5921173/remains-of-the-day-facebookimmediately-kills-new-find-friends-nearby-feature
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Facebook changes your email to
*@facebook.com
 http://lifehacker.com/5921095/facebook-just-changed-your-email-without-
permission-heres-how-to-get-it-back
http://www.facebook.com/fbsafety
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
 http://www.eff.org/
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Lifehacker
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http://lifehacker.com/
Federal Trade Commission:
 http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/index.html
 http://www.onguardonline.gov/
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Snopes Scam Checker
 http://snopes.com/
Molly Immendorf
Instructional Technology Specialist
Cooperative Extension Technology Services
molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu
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