GUIDE TO THE WEB Researcher Eleni Berki and Sunil Chaudhary, doctoral researcher in security and usability, from the University of Tampere show us the basics of online security. TEXT & GRAPHICS
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This icon tags your location in photos. Mobile devices such as smartphones may be automatically set to tag your location.
Click here to control who can see your posts on Facebook. If your setting is ”Public”, anyone – including people who are not your friends on Facebook – can see your posts.
Depending on your settings your posts may be visible in the news feed of people who are friends with people who comment on or like your post.
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If your posts are set as public, anyone can share your posts on their on timeline.
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Hold the cursor on this icon and you can see who can see a post on Facebook.
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Facebook can use your likes in advertisements in your friends’ news feed.
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Click this icon and go to ”See more settings”.
Click ”Adverts” in the menu on the left side.
Click ”edit” in the ”Adverts and friends” section.
Set ”Pair my social actions with adverts for” as ”No-one”. Click ”Save changes”.
In ”Timeline and tagging” on the left, turn on ”Review tags” to control where you’re tagged.
Click the lock icon, click ”Who can see my stuff” and ”View as” to see how others see your profile.
You can try, but you can’t hide online Use private surfing
Hide your IP address
The Tor network
Firefox New tab
Proxy server
End server
New private window
Some browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari come with a built-in privacy feature. For example surfing in the Firefox private window will not save visited pages,form and search Bar entries, passwords, downloaded file lists, Cookies and temporary Internet files.
A proxy server acts as an intermediary between your computer and the server (or website) you are connecting to. Using an anonymous proxy hides the link between your ip-address and the end server. However, using a proxy does not completely hide your identity, but makes it harder to trace. Information on how to set up a proxy on your browser in WikiHow: wikihow.com/ Surf-the-Web-Anonymously-with-Proxies
The Tor network is a free software and open network that sends encrypted data to and from your computer. Tor routes internet traffic through a worldwide network of volunteer servers. It makes activity on the internet almost untraceable. www.torproject.org
” It’s not possible to hide your traces. Everyone can be found.”
SOURCES FOR THE SECTION ON ANONYMITY: TOM’S GUIDE (WWW.TOMSGUIDE.COM), TORPROJECT.ORG AND WIKIHOW.
–ELENI BERKI
Social media tips
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Before creating an account, evaluate the social media website:
Does it offer a sufficient level of control on my privacy? Does the site claim ownership of my media? Does it protect my privacy? Does it give you a good user experience?
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Think twice – or even better, three times – before sharing. Remember that once you share something, it’s out of your control. Be careful when you click on links. Don’t click everything.
Be selective about who you accept as your friends. Do not install apps or games if you don’t know what they’re for.
Remember!
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Build up your computer’s defenses (antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and firewall) and keep them up to date. You can also use AdBlock to block advertisement.
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If you are a student at the University of Tampere, you can get F-Secure antivirus software for free at the University Intra Web at uta.fi.
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Use a current version of your web browser. Enable auto-update for your operating system.
TYKKÄÄ AVIISISTA. EDES FACEBOOKISSA. FACEBOOK.COM/AVIISI Aviisi 18.10.2013
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