Throughout the years the internet has expanded exponentially with no signs of slowing down. With the internet being the future, safety is just that more significant. As a child in the digital age, your information is publicly available to everyone. With the growth of the internet, comes unavoidable hazards such as cybercriminals. Any sort of private information leaked on the web will someway come to get you. Whether you have leaked your Ip address and now you’re being ddossed or blackmailed, internet safety is a necessity to continue functioning in this society.

The internet although a source of great knowledge, can at times be extremely dangerous. Some ways you can be exposed while on the web include. Using unsafe/unstable websites and revealing too much personal information to people you do not know. Keeping your information safe/secured on the internet will be a major part of moving forward in the technological world.

With the uprise of the internet, cybercriminals have become that much more determined to steal your private information, thus keeping yourself safe is essential. Everyone should use VPNs to maximize security while surfing the web. Keeping all your social media accounts private is a must as it reveals too much about yourself; location, family, and school. The future is the internet, your security has and will become astronomically more critical as we progress in our technologically driven society.

Personal/Social Competency Reflection

I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences such as future employment opportunities and school applications. So I adjust my actions to develop a strong, consistent, and positive digital footprint.

Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include. I can maintain a healthy presence by, limiting my posts to either nothing or something that reveals close to no personal information.

My online support network (ex. Teachers’ TEAMS pages, Tech Leadership Edublog, Career Centre web-site, Library web-site, Centennial school web-site, etc) is helpful to me because they, allow me to navigate around school, finish assignments and catch up on any information I may have missed.

Work Cited:

“How To Protect Your Digital Footprint.” Morgan Stanley, https://www.morganstanley.com/articles/digital-footprint-protection-strategies. Accessed 27 Sept. 2022.

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