How-To's for Online Safety!
Alot of what is displayed here is not an effort to scare you into not using the tools at your disposal. You absolutely shoud! But you should also doso safely. Learn how much information is actually quantified about yourself through the likes of Google & Facebook. Learn how to make yourself a less-hackable target. The theory behind this is that if your information is secured by you, and then additionally through firewalls, information about your students becomes increasingly difficult as security layers thicken.
Here you will learn how to secure your personal device - both Apple and Android, how to secure your Facebook, and how to secure Google. If you learn what to watch for and how to interract online, you will greatly reduce the risk of a personal or professional security breach.
Students - Stop, Think, Connect
This informative document is sourced from the Federal Trade Commission and is targeted towards pre-teen and teenage youth.
Parents - Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online
This informative document is sourced from the Federal Trade Commission and is for parents' knowledge, providing a foundation for discussion with their children regarding online safety.
Secure your Google
Everything you search, place you've been, store you've shopped (online and brick & mortar), even the things you say... if your phone is with you, all of that information is documented. In Google - notorious for that - your information makes money for them. Learn how to get rid of a lot of that, here.
Secure your iPhone
iPhones have been put on a pedistal of secure devices, often touted as the untouchable device. Truth is, any network-connected device (data plan or wi-fi) can be hacked. Your iPhone comes out of the box with some pretty ok protection, but it could be better. Here are 14 ways to make your iPhone very secure.
Secure your Android phone.
Android phones often get a bad rap for being easily hacked. There's a reason. Out of the box, an android device is very unsecure. It's a piece of technology with no manufacturer-set limitations, unlike it's fruit-inspired counterpart. The idea behind Android is that you set your own restrictions. Here's some thoughts on how to do that...
Secure your Facebook
Have a Facebook account? Most of us do. Ever notice that Facebook is really good at targeting you for advertisements... and your targeted ads are vastly different from the person next to you? It will never fully go away, but here's some insight on how to reduce what Facebook can learn about you.
Have you been pwned?
Check and see if your email address has been compromised, copied, and sold for someone else's profit!
Check out how secure a new password would be!
Type a password into the site and see how long it would take a computer to crack your password!