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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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DigitalWorld

SelfHarm

Permanence

Ease of Search

Ethical Grey Unethical IllegalHarm

Spectrum

Gossip Public InterestPrivacy Invasion

ListSelling

UnsolicitedCalls

MugTargeting

PhoneTappingLibel

IDTheft Fraud

AssaultPhysicalWorld

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?