Internet Security

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Internet Security Online Safety

• The Internet
• Designed By
• Stephan Jossie
• Marengo Public Library

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Everything is in Flux

• The internet is ever-changing
• These tips will help minimize the loss of your
  personal information
• You may be safe using program A and B today but
  someone will invent a new technology that will
  make program B a hole in your security

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Privacy Policies Terms of Use

• Many Agreements written so that they can be
  changed at any time
• Some agreements have fine print that says by
  agreeing to the policy, you will install malware
• Its nearly impossible to guarantee that your
  information will be destroyed as it ages

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Contextual Changes

• You lose control of any information you post to
  the web!!!
• You have NO control over how it is used after it
  is put onto the internet
• Changes in the context of how information is used
  is what harms you
• Most sites like Facebook, MySpace, etc. offer
  privacy protection but you have to activate it
  yourself (its NOT automatic)

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Your Info Makes

• Of course, it doesnt make you any money
• Information Brokering, the selling of your
  personal information, is a multi-billion dollar,
  largely unregulated industry

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The CIA Likes Social Websites

• The US Government is researching harvesting
  information from Social Networking websites
• Its easy infopeople put it there voluntarily
• Tiny bits of information can be gathered from all
  over the internet and compiled to create a large
  portfolio of information about an individual

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Email Postcard

• Sending an e-mail is a lot like sending a
  postcard anyone with access to the e-mail can
  read it
• You can encrypt your emails to prevent anyone
  from reading themsomeone needs to know how to
  decrypt them though

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Phishing

• Attempts to get you to reveal your personal
  information for nefarious purposes
• Dont respond to email or even open it, if you
  dont think its from a legitimate source!

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Spoofed

• E-mail sent from a non-legitimate source that
  appears as if it did come from a legitimate
  source
• Its possible for me to send an email from
  Stephdogg1701_at_hotmail.com that looks like it came
  from CustomerService_at_usbank.com
• Legitimate business know about Phishing and
  Spoofing and DO NOT conduct serious transactions
  via mass e-mailings!

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Multiple E-Mail Addresses

• Great idea!
• Have 1 email address for junk mail
• Sign up for forums
• Filling out web forms
• Etc.
• Have another for personal mail

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Google, Yahoo!, MSN, etc.

• Major search engines retain records of every
  search you do (and tie it to an IP address)
• Individually search keywords show nothing, but
  collected they may expose your identity and can
  be misinterpreted

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AOL Messed Up

• Accidentally posted 20 million personal search
  queries from over 650,000 users
• The information was immediately absorbed by other
  web servers
• AOL apologized and took down the info, but it was
  too latethis information is stored somewhere in
  other server somewhere
• Some people have been identified through their
  anonymous searches and have been harmed

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Six Tips to Search More Securely

• Dont include personal info. in searches
• Dont use your ISPs search (they know who you
  are)
• Dont log in to search engine sites
• Dont let search engines store cookies
• Dont use a the IP address all the time
• Use an anonymizer