important to remember that each of us will respond to these strategies in different It’s ways on different days. Thank you to 3/4HMP for sharing a video at assembly this week that talked about some of the strategies they use in their community. Rebecca Gage LEARNING AND TEACHING NEWS Privacy in the age of Messaging Apps Young people in particular are flocking to messaging apps, from Snapchat to Facebook Messenger. challenging for us to stay in control of our privacy, especially when It’s being encouraged to share, use photo filters, upload a and and we’re ‘story’ ‘follow’ ‘like’ and post, post, post. Here are three cyber safety tips to consider when using messaging apps: Messaging apps are like social media sites - they collect any information you volunteer. Assume your photo, text or video lives on and on and on, online. Then make the decision to send or not send it. Location, location, location. Information about your location is embedded into most things you do now. Ask yourself if with the world knowing you’re OK precisely where you are at any given moment. You can always turn off Parties. No, not the fun kind - Most apps will share user ‘third parties’. information with other companies, or Where, oh where will you ‘third parties’. information end up? And why? Of course, messaging apps are fun. But be a be crrrrraaa-zy don’t dupe. Don’t ‘owned’ by social media companies - control what you choose to share. Snapchat have recently rewritten their Privacy Policy in plain speak. to get a better sense of it all. From The Alannah & Madeline Foundation. Rebecca Gage SPORTS NEWS
It’s important to remember that each of us will respond to these strategies in different ways on different days. Thank you to 3/4HMP for sharing a video at assembly this week that talked about some of the strategies they use in their community. Rebecca Gage LEARNING AND TEACHING NEWS Privacy in the age of Messaging Apps Young people in particular are flocking to messaging apps, from Snapchat to Facebook Messenger. It’s challenging for us to stay in control of our privacy, especially when we’re being encouraged to share, use photo filters, upload a ‘story’ and ‘follow’ and ‘like’ and post, post, post. Here are three cyber safety tips to consider when using messaging apps: Messaging apps are like social media sites - they collect any information you volunteer. Assume your photo, text or video lives on and on and on, online. Then make the decision to send or not send it. Location, location, location. Information about your location is embedded into most things you do now. Ask yourself if you’re OK with the world knowing precisely where you are at any given moment. You can always turn off Parties. No, not the fun kind - ‘third parties’. Most apps will share user information with other companies, or ‘third parties’. Where, oh where will you information end up? And why? Of course, messaging apps are crrrrraaa-zy fun. But don’t be a dupe. Don’t be ‘owned’ by social media companies - control what you choose to share. Snapchat have recently rewritten their Privacy Policy in plain speak. to get a better sense of it all. From The Alannah & Madeline Foundation. Rebecca Gage SPORTS NEWS
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