Digital Footprint Assignment

1. How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities? Give at least two examples.

How might my digital footprint affect my future opportunities well the first example might be if I post something hurtful to another person this could come back and hunt you for example Hartley Sawyer an actor from flash had posted something hurtful to women it came back to haunt him and got him fired from the Flash. A teenager who had worked at burger king had posted a picture of him standing on top of two buckets of lettuce and then he deleted the photo but it got traced back to him and he got fired and many other punishments came.

2. Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

The first strategy is to not post anything that can hurt anyone or can be harmful to you and ask people if they wanted something posted of them online.

The second strategy is to not post anything personal about your life or other people’s lives that you know.

The third strategy is don’t post anything or send anything privite.

3. If you could go back in time, is there anything that you would do differently online? Think of what advice you would pass on to your younger self or other students.

Yes if it is personal or about anyone just don’t post it.