CyberSafe Workshop!
On March 12, 2021 5:00-6:30PM MST, we had our CyberSafe Workshop with 40 people joining! This was hosted in collaboration with nowYouth, Covid9teen, Calgary Ecssen Career School, and Western Canada Hunan Association Youth Team in cooperation with the Calgary Police Services. It was very informative and taught about the dangers of the media and how to keep your information safe in a technologically connected world. Attached below are some pictures as well as the notes taken for a summary if you were unable to make it!
Analyzed the effect of social media on youth, we don’t see reality and we see these people who are much more privileged etc.
The effect of the like button, it has become a way of affirming themselves - the more likes their images gets the happier they are (like drugs)
Peer following
It didn’t matter what the photo was, the amount of likes drive youth to like more
Investment vs. Addiction
Harmful and good at the same time
People start associating these likes and followers with status and popularity
Media challenges are harmful
People disguising with a mask to get alcohol
Encouraging people to do dumb stuff
The fact that some posts on media can be perceived wrongly, stuck online, is seen by everybody else
Damage down the road in career, scholarships
Be careful what you post and that’s the only thing you can control
Not a lot of people reads the terms and conditions
They track what kind of device you have, phone, computer, brand (software and hardware
For optimization
Usually check battery optimization, lighting, signal
How you’re interacting with the app
Check if you are a robot or not
Check if you’re using headphone
Check IP address - tells people where you are, what internet network use
See GPS and tells people where you are and see others
Cyberbullying online is becoming bigger and bigger
How do we stay current on the cyber threat landscape?
How Can We Detect Cyberattacks and Respond to Them?
How do we determine exactly what we should post, should we just keep our accounts private so only so only our friends see something
How do we respond to cyber violence, mean comments on posts etc.
Fraud Protection:
don’t open from addresses you don’t recognize
were you cc-ed on an email, so others can see it as well?
do not download just any attachments online
are these government issued?
What to not leak online
full name
date of birth
address
phone number
How to protect your information:
complex password(do not share it)
biometric access
2-step authentication
change privacy setting
VPN
uses encryption to protect information
Safety for mobile devices
don’t auto join wifi
don’t send personal info with bluetooth
disable bluetooth pairing
update apps for security features
watch out for suspicious ads
Conclusion
you may be the cause of you own privacy leak
read terms and conditions
don’t overshare
enhance security
Further questions: mkim@calgaarypolice.ca