How to protect your privacy

Do not be an open book on social media

  • Whenever you create a new password consider using a combination of numbers, letters (upper and lower cases) and other characters. Do not forget to change your passwords more often. Do not use commonly known information regarding your personal life. Try instead with a passphrase such as #I-l0ve-J@gielloni@nUNI.

  • Keep the passwords to yourself. If someone comes into possession of it, your identity can be stolen in order to commit crime such as theft or fraud. They can also embarrass you by uploading your personal data.

  • Do not share your password with anyone (best friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, sister, brother, anyone!).

  • Check privacy and security settings and update your apps regularly.

  • The dispatch of your naked photos to your closest ones may not be the wisest way to express your affection toward them. Sexting can also be dangerous. Such pictures or posts can cause extreme humiliation if they fall into wrong hands.

  • Before uploading anything on social media, think it over. Do not share things you would not like your family or friends to see. Remember that your prospective employer may want to check the history of your comments and posts. You may also face a disciplinary action at university if you have posted something discriminatory, offensive, intimidating etc.

  • Remember! Everything that goes online stays there forever.