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Back to School Edition: Keeping children CyberSafe

Start With These 11 Easy Tips to Keep Kids Safe Online:
1.   Talk to your kids!
2.   Turn on the "Do Not Track  Tool" on your browsers.
3.   Read the Privacy Policies on all the services and apps you use.
4.   Never share passwords and make strong passwords.
5.   Keep personal information personal (don't chat/send photos to strangers).
6.   (For Kids) Ask permission before signing up for anything.
7.   Know how to recognize ads and don't click on them.
8.   Respect age limits on all social networking sites.
9.   Set privacy settings on all social networking sites.
10. Advocate for Cyber Civics lessons at your school!
11. Talk to your kids!

This is a good link to send to your teens. Yes they will roll their eyes at you when you require them to read it but the constant nagging reminders WILL help protect your teens from the bad guys (If they do bad things, they are bad guys regardless of their gender) included in this link is how to best set the security settings for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. G+, Tumblr, Meetme and a new one I just found to be rising in popularity TikTok, all have security settings that need to be changed to protect your teen, your family network, your business network and potentially you, the parent, personal information.  We do not recommend Snapchat, because of the false sense of anonymity young users experience.  The false sense of secrecy encourages teens and young adults to post things in Cyberspace that they would never want to be revealed to the world.  


For Teachers: This site has 3 good cartoon-like video stories about Cybersecurity with good discussion stating questions. https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/classroom-resources/challenge

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