Kelvin Coleman, Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, provides tips people can use at home to keep their information safe online.
“Do you want to turn on location services?”
In the weeks following the burglary, several of my friends in the area fell victim to similar crimes. Our clothing, electronics, and personal items like underwear and prescription medicine were taken. We all came together around campus to discuss what might have happened. Was it someone on campus we knew? A stalker? All of the victims had something in common: We were all women living in houses near college campuses with female roommates.
To this day, my home-invasion experience haunts me, and working on Dennis Murphy’s Dateline episode “A Villainous Plan” has brought it all back up again and got me again thinking about personal security. MIND-SET IS IMPORTANT: Coleman suggests getting into a mind-set where you value your personal information as you do your money. “Information about me, about you -- our purchases and our locations -- have value, just like money,” Coleman said. It’s important to be thoughtful about who gets your information and how it is collected.
ONCE IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S OUT THERE:“You can press delete on your phone, but it’s still out there,” Coleman said. “When you put information out, it is out there, indefinitely.” SHARE WITH CARE AND BE SELECTIVE: “Think before you post anything about yourselves and others online and consider how it might be perceived,” Coleman said. On social media sites, he says it’s important to consistently review who is following you and allow access only to people you know. Coleman keeps his sites up-to-date by checking his followers from time to time and deleting people he doesn’t know personally.
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