1. How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? Give at least two examples.
- Since things are permanent, they can affect the future by posting what that person did in past. They can screenshot the pictures and edit them in wrong ways.
- People can see things that are related to personal information such as family members or locations. For instance, if you tag one of your family members in your picture, they will be able to know who’s in your family and get more data about your family members.
2. Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.
- Think before you post things; for instance, asking yourself “Could this impact me in the future?” or ”How would I feel if I was the one receiving or reading that?”.
- Delete or deactivate old social network accounts.
- Use false information such as using your fake birth date or fake email address.
3. If you could go back in time, is there anything you would do differently online? Think of what type of advice you would pass on to your younger self or other students. How could you go about explaining it to them?
Not really, however, I would advise other students by giving examples of how digital footprints can affect our futures and teach some ways that can prevent digital footprint.