Safeguarding personal info during graduation season
AR.
>> IT IS GRADUATION SEASON.
AND IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
FEED IS PROBABLY FLOODED WITH
ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT YOU'RE PROUD
POST ABOUT YOUR CHILD OR FAMILY
MEMBERS. GRADUATION COULD PUT
YOUR PRIVACY AT RISK. HERE TO
TALK WITH US ABOUT 4 KEY WAYS
YOU CAN CELEBRATE THOSE
MILESTONE SAFELY. A CYBER
SECURITY EXPERT, KIMBERLY
SIMON. KIMBERLY, GREAT TO SEE
YOU AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO GRADUATION IS A HUGE
MILESTONE, OF COURSE, AND LOTS
OF PEOPLE THEY ARE HAPPY ABOUT
THAT MOMENT. THEY WANT TO SHARE
IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WHY IS
THERE CONCERN ABOUT A RISK TO
PRIVACY FOR THAT? YOU WRITE
GRADUATION SEASON IS A TIME
FOR CELEBRATION BUT SHARING TOO
MUCH INFORMATION ONLINE CAN
MAKE THAT CELEBRATION INTO A
GATEWAY FOR CYBER CRIMINALS.
REMEMBER THE INFORMATION THAT
YOU SHARE CAN BE USED TO BYPASS
SECURITY QUESTIONS. IT CAN BE
USED TO IMPERSONATE YOU OR YOUR
CHILDREN.
>> AND IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO
FIGURE OUT CONCRETE POLE FALLS
AROUND YOU. OKAY. SO LET'S WALK
THROUGH SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN
MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFORMATION
IS NOT AT RISK AGAIN AND STILL
BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR PICTURES,
RIGHT? SO FIRST, YOU TALK ABOUT
TIGHTENING PRIVACY SETTINGS.
GREAT FIRST THING IS TO TIGHTEN
YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS. SO GOING
TO A SOCIAL MEDIA AND LOOK AT
YOUR SETTINGS, MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR POST ONLY VISIBLE TO
FRIENDS AND NOT THE GENERAL
PUBLIC. YOU WANT TO GO BACK
IF YOU'VE ALREADY POSTED AND IF
YOU HAVE POST WITH A LOT OF
PERSONAL INFORMATION, JUST MAKE
SURE THAT THE ONLY VISIBLE TO
FRIENDS AND NOT THE GENERAL
PUBLIC UK AND THEN ALSO YOU
WANT TO YOUR TALKING ABOUT
EDITING SOME OF THAT IDENTIFY
ALL INFORMATION OR NOT TELLING
FOLKS TO TAKE DOWN THE POST
NECESSARILY, BUT BE CAREFUL
WHAT YOU SHARE. YOU TALK ABOUT
LIKE FULL NAMES WERE EXAM.
YEAH. OR SCHOOL NAMES?
ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU HAVE A
POST AND IT'S GOT YOUR PHOTO,
IT'S GOT THE NAME OF YOUR
SCHOOL. YOUR GRADUATION YEAR.
THE CITY YOU LIVE IN. IT'S A
LOT OF INFORMATION RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU CAN GO BACK TO POST WAY
YOU SHARING TOO MUCH
INFORMATION AND JUST AT IT, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DOWN THE
POST. BUT YOU CAN JUST TRIMMED
DOWN SOME OF THOSE BREAD CRUMBS
THAT YOU'VE BEEN LEAVING FOR
CYBER CRIMINALS. ALL RIGHT.
AND THIS IS MIGHT BE A GOOD
TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE
PASSWORDS THAT YOU'RE USING.
AND IF I'M USING IT TO
GRADUATION INFORMATION, THE
PAST TO MAKE UP YOUR PASSED
OVER IN A YOU BE SO AMAZED HOW
MANY PEOPLE USE THIS SCHOOL
AS THEY PASS WORD. AND YET
THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU ARE USING THE NAME OF
YOUR SCHOOL, THE NAME OF YOUR
COLLEGE AS YOUR PASSPORT TO
CHANGE THAT RIGHT NOW. AND IF
YOU ARE USING THE NAME OF YOUR
SCHOOL AS ONE OF THOSE SECURITY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU USE WHEN
YOU FORGET YOUR PASSWORD, FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND CHANGE THAT. ANYTHING THAT
YOU SHARING PUBLICLY ON SOCIAL
MEDIA. IT'S EASY TO USE THAT
YOU'LL PASS IT BY SAYING WHAT'S
THE NAME OF YOUR FIRST PET WHEN
YOU POSTED EVERY DAY OR THE
NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL? WHEN
YOU'VE BEEN SHARING THAT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. SO MAYBE IF YOU
DO WANT TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION, THEN DON'T MAKE IT
YOUR PASSWORD. DO MAKE IT.
YOU SAW SOME WOOD AND DON'T
MAKE IT YOUR SECURITY QUESTION
AND FINALLY, MOST PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE THAT KIDS CAN BE
VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT.
SO HOW CAN WE PROTECT OUR
GUESTS? AND WE WANT SHARE SOME
GOOD NEWS ABOUT THEM.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THE FIRST THING
IS TO MONITOR YOUR CHILD'S
CREDIT AND ALSO CAN SEE THE
FREEZING IT THE UNTIL IT'S
NEEDED BECAUSE OFTEN TEENAGERS
OF BEING TARGETED FOR IDENTITY
THEFT. KIMBERLY SIMON, ALWAYS
GOOD TO HAVE YOU. AND THANK
YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW HOW WE
CAN PROTECT OUR INFORMATION