Digital Footprint

Why is digital safety important?

Digital safety is one of the most important things a teen can learn about in modern day society. They may come across issues such as cat fishing, trying to get personal information like addresses, social security numbers, and bank information. If a person can learn the proper precautions to avoid being physical, emotional, social, or mental damage. There is very simple things to do like stay off the internet all together and use very complex passwords with a very broad array of characters.

How to stay safe with digital communication ?

There is quite a few ways to increase your safety when communicating digitally. As stated above, there is very simple things to do like stay off the internet all together and use very complex passwords with a very broad array of characters. You can also limit your posts per week to cut down in the chances you take, as well as have a trusted adult review your posts before you upload them to ensure they don’t reveal too much information.

Bonus : Viral Posts

Sure, if your posts goes viral you may get the money or attention you need. However, virality makes a post go to more people than its original intended audience, making it a high risk thing in relation to personal security via digital communication.

The link provided below will talk about 4 dangers of digital communication and 8 tips to avoid them.

https://seapointcenter.com/four-dangers-of-digital-communication/

https://seapointcenter.com/four-dangers-of-digital-communication/

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