ONLINE SAFETYDiana Silveira

VIP Presentation

Agenda

■ Securing Your Accounts■ Minimizing Our Footprints■ Precautions, Changes & Resources

KEEPING ACCOUNTS SECURE

Creating Successful Passwords

■ Its not about changing it often■ Ch00s3 l3tt3rs and raNDom CapitalizAtION■ M^k31tA5entence

Password Managers

• Lastpass• Dashlane• Firefox• KeePassX (works on

Linux & Mac)

Chart Source: http://goo.gl/uBwhw

Two-Step Authentication

Facebook

Amazon

Your Account > Change Account Settings > Advanced Security Settings

Other sites with 2-step authenticationGoogle

Apple

Microsoft

Fingerprint Authentication

Pattern Recognition

What’s next?More biometrics – iris scans

NFC

MALWARE AND HACKERS

CLICK BAIT

QUIZZES & APPS

Image & more: https://goo.gl/6eG813

Phishers

Image: http://goo.gl/Tr3uUm

Mobile Protection Anti-Malware & Other Threats• Norton Security• Lookout Security• Clamav• Malwarebytes

MINIMIZING OUR FOOTPRINTS

Choosing a Browser

Chrome

Firefox

Edge

Internet Explorer

Google and Microsoft

Privacy Extensions for Chrome & Firefox

WOT

Lightbeam

Ad Block Plus

Privacy Badger

No Script

Firefox Only

uBlock Origin

https://goo.gl/HQTefqFirefox Only

Be aware….many extensions extend your digital footprints

SETTINGS TO

CONSIDER

Chrome

Firefox

Changing your search engine

Duck Duck Go

DisconnectMe

BROWSING TIPS

http v. https: what does it mean?

HTTPS server are encrypted by a secure certificate known as an SSL. The encryption prevents third-parties from eavesdropping on communications to and from the server.

Great Articles to Learn More: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere What Every Librarian Needs to Know…

HTTPSEasily Set Up HTTPS on your site: https://letsencrypt.org/Demand vendors use HTTPS

Private Tabs

EMAIL

What email services collect?

https://goo.gl/T0yAdp

Alternative Email Services

• Set up your own• hushmail • zoho • riseup

Key is to separate your search & your

identity as much as possible

Social Media

FACEBOOK

Don’t forget to set up 2-

step authentication in Login Approvals

Who can see your friends?

Custom Privacy on a Post or Picture

What are you sharing?

• Name, profile picture, age, sex, birthday, and other public info• Entire friend list• Everything you’ve ever posted on your timeline• All of your photos and photos you’re tagged in• Education history• Location• Hometown and current city• Everything you’ve ever liked• IP address• Info about the device you’re using including browser and language

Privacy Check Up is the best remedy

Leaving Facebook?

More tips: http://goo.gl/Y2KcwP

Twitter

Rules of Thumb for Libraries

• Post Pictures • Allow tagging/but don’t

tag• Allow people to tag you• Set up Filters in settings• Have a general SM Policy• Social Media is an

engagement tool & a conversation

General Tips• Use unique passwords for each

SM or Facebook as your main login tool

• Nothing is truly private• 4 Main Concerns: Malware,

Hackers, Data Harvesting & Personal Privacy

• Turn off “Location” for posts as a default

The Internet of Things is a privacy nightmareThere are NO standards at this point. Follow the Electronic Privacy Information Center to learn more

..but don’t let that stop you

Samsung refrigerator, amazon echo

PRIVACY & THE GOVERNMENT

Full List: https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2015

Follow Canary Watch (https://canarywatch.org/)

“Warrant canary" is a colloquial term for a regularly published statement that a service provider has not received legal process that it would be

prohibited from saying it had received, such as a national security letter. Canarywatch tracks and documents these statements.”

https://twitter.com/warrantcanary

Organize a CrytoParty

WHAT IS GOOGLE COLLECTING?

Is Google trustworthy?

Stayed Involved & Informed

■ Library Freedom Project■ https://www.eff.org/

WHAT CAN WE DO AS LIBRARIANS?

EDUCATE OURSELVES &

USERS

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Diana Silveira

www.novarelibrary.com