Digital Footprint
What does your digital footprint include?
-Google -Cell Phone(s) -Shopping -Social Networking -School -Music Sites -Etc.
What is digital footprint?
A digital footprint is the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.
What is an IP Address?
A unique string of numbers separated by periods that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network.
What is a digital dossier?
Digital dossier is a superset of all your online data that includes secure private records as well as your public online identity.
If you aren't on a private account, you are safe from a digital footprint. True or False?
False
Each time you log onto the internet, you leave a digital trail of your internet activity. True or False?
True
Whatever you do online is accumulated into a digital dossier traceable by others. True or False?
True
Your digital footprint most likely began when you were a baby and your parents posted information about you. True or False?
True
What are some ways to negatively and positively impact your digital footprint?
POSITIVE: -Posting a picture of you and your family smiling. -Recording yourself presenting a research topic and posting it on YouTube. -Publishing an e-Portfolio of some of your best course-work online. NEGATIVE: -Posting a picture of your friend behaving bad. -Uploading an album of photos from a party to Flickr without changing the privacy settings. -Posting a personal and critical comment in reply to another member of a group forum.
If you turn your privacy settings on, on your personal account, can only your friends see your information? True or False?
True