Creating a Positive and Safe Digital Footprint
Why internet safety is important
Internet safety is important because it decreases your chances of being hacked, minimizes the chances of being scammed, and it is important because it protects you from viruses.
Unsafe activities
spam emails impersonating official accounts such as banks, insurance firms, or credit card companies. The email conventionally always contains a link to an external source which one is prompted to click and must answer a series of questions.
Ways to stay safe
A password acts like a gateway, you can have a good password by not making it be easily guessed.
Avoid spam emails impersonating official accounts such as banks, insurance firms, or credit card companies. The email conventionally always contains a link to an external source which one is prompted to click and must answer a series of questions.
Update your software because the update improves the user experience and corrects previous mishaps with older versions, security can also be updated.
Deleting cookies can Protect you against cybercrime, to avoid targeted ads and it can improve internet speed.
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Works Sited
Howland, Louise. “How and Why You Should Delete Your Cookies.” Ramsac, 11 Mar. 2022, https://www.ramsac.com/blog/how-and-why-you-should-delete-your-cookies/#:~:text=Should%20I%20delete%20my%20cookies%3F%201%20To%20improve,cybercrime%20…%204%20To%20avoid%20targeted%20ads%20.
Kevin. “10 Tips to Stay Safe Online.” StaySafe.org, 9 Jan. 2018, https://staysafe.org/10-tips-to-stay-safe-online/.
Personal/Social Competency Reflection
My values around staying focused while working in school and at home.
My online support network like teams is helpful to me because they allow me to ask questions.
Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include setting an annoying timer on how much time I spent on the internet.
Some long-term goal with digital spaces is to start being more organized.
My values around achieving good grades in school inform my decisions about asking my family for help
I make ethical digital choices online while reposting other people’s posts by crediting the source.