The Risks of Sharing Personal Information
- Identity theft
- Scams
- Hackers
Did you know?
- About 110 million Americans hacked?
What is Identity theft?
- Pretending to be someone else
- They can steal money
- Can conduct illegal business
What is a Scam?
- When someone gives you false information
- Makes you do something they want
What are hackers?
- They can send you virus
- Hack in your accounts
- Have access to all your information
Actions to protect personal information
Selecting passwords
- Make a second account
- strangers or just met-friends
- Beware of any reward or prize
- Dos and dont's of making a password
Do
- Eight characters
- Combine letters
- Change password
Dont
- Use family names
- Share passwords
- Store it in devices