Tools learned during first term

Hi! We are Cristoph, Lara and Maria E, and we are going to give you some tips about how to keep your personal information private in social media, so you can be safe. The problem is not just that we sometimes use easy passwords, which hackers can guess, we sometimes also share personal information in public spaces. That way people can know stuff about us with just a couple of clicks. So, when you are about to post something, always make sure that it is okay for it to be public. In fact, sometimes we think we are posting something privately, but actually people we don't even know can see it.
This video shows us that sometimes, we accept people to be our online friends just to have more followers and likes, but we don't know if we can trust them, so we shouldn't post things that could bother other people.

Also remember, that even if you have the "privacy settings" on, you are never 100% sure of what can happen!

We are going to show you some examples with Instagram. In this social media (like in many others) you can have a public or private account. We suggest you: if you want you account to be personal, then keep it private, but if it is for work, a blog or something else (like in the picture we have here), then leave it public, so many people can visit your page.

Also remember: even if you have a private account, people that don't follow you will be able to see your name, biography, profile photo and number of posts and followers. So, the only (but big) difference between having a private or a public account is that if it´s public, everybody can see your posts, and if it is private, only the people you accept are able to do this.

Never share your passwords or information that thieves could use to steal you!
To summarize
Here are some tips that are going to help you in the use of social media: