Creating a Positive Digital Footprint

A lot of apps ask for locations, for example snapchat (social media apps), camera, weather, google… These are just a few apps that ask for locations. For some apps it’s a good idea to share your location like find my phone. Other times it’s not a good idea to share your location in apps. It can come in handy to share your location when you want someone to know where you are weather your hurt or just want them to know where you are. But other times apps can use them for other reason that you don’t know about. Or if people end up hacking into your device, or a server, or your account. They can find where you are, which isn’t a good thing. Best times to share where you are, are when you’re meeting up with people so that you don’t have to say “Oh ya I’m close”, they can just see where you are, or when your parents want to know where you are. Because them they can see where you are. Google can make it easy to share your location to almost anyone, which can be very dangerous. So, you would want to make sure that that isn’t on, and if you do share your location, you only sent it to certain people.

The program that I used was Word.

Personal/Social Competency Reflection

Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include making sure that I’m not online, on social media for to long. As well as making sure that everyone that I have on social media are people that I know.

Some of the ways I work to build and maintain online relationships are making sure that I’m talking with people that know, and just talking with them on a regular basics so neither person feels left out.

I know that my digital footprint can have both positive and negative consequences including being able to talk with people but also having people who stalk others. So, I adjust my actions to making sure that everyone I have online are people that I know.

Works Cited

References  

Chen, Brian X. “When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Share Your Location Using a Smartphone.” The New York Times, 12 July 2017. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/12/technology/personaltech/using-location-sharing-apps.html. 

Dashlane. “Which Apps Actually Need Location Permissions?” Dashlane Blog, 9 Aug. 2020, https://blog.dashlane.com/which-apps-actually-need-location-permissions/. 

Picture Reference  

“How to Control the Way IOS Shares Your Location.” TapSmart, 29 June 2015, https://www.tapsmart.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-control-the-way-ios-shares-your-location/. 

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