Internet safety is important for many reasons. One of the big reasons especially on snapchat is not everyone is who they say they are. This is dangerous for everyone but manly younger kids who are gullible and impressionable it’s even worse if they have there location on for everyone. A way you can help with that is you can either turn it off or only have it on for your close friends and family only. A good thing about snapchat is it shows the person when you have screenshotted, or screen recorded something but there are ways to get around that you need to be careful about for example if someone is with a friend and the friend uses their phone to take a photo of it. You should also be careful with adding your number to your account because then anyone who has you in their contacts could easily find your accounts. Another big risk on social media is your account getting hacked. A good way to prevent this is changing your passwords every couple of months and not sharing them unless it’s with a parent. I think one of the biggest problems is if you post something it could be there forever even if you delete it, this could happen if someone copied it or screenshotted it and, on some platforms, if you post it, they then own the rights to that photo and can do what they want with the photo. In conclusion the internet can be a scary and dangerous place but it can also be used for good as long as you know how to use it properly.

Personal/Social Competency Reflection

I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences, including making it harder to get jobs in the future so I adjust my actions to make sure what I post is appropriate for future employers to see.

Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include making sure I keep parts of my life online and making sure I’m not on social media a lot to be overwhelmed by toxic comments and posts.

Some long term goals with my digital spaces include to gain a following on my sfx account and my plan to achieve them is to keep posting on it and for my friends and I to tell people about it as in the future it could help me get jobs.

works cited

‘5 Ways to Keep Your Instagram Profile Safe’. Naked Security, 22 June 2016, https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/06/22/5-ways-to-keep-your-instagram-profile-safe/

Dallas News | Breaking News for DFW, Texas, World. https://www.dallasnews.com/. Accessed 8 June 2022.

Protecting Your Online Identity and Reputation (for Teens) – Nemours KidsHealth. https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/online-id.html. Accessed 8 June 2022.